Monsignor Edward Arsenault also served as the face of the church in the state during a sex abuse scandal.

Pope Francis has dismissed a Roman Catholic priest from New Hampshire, who was convicted of stealing $3,00,000 from a hospital, a bishop and a deceased priest’s estate.

Monsignor Edward Arsenault, who served as the face of the church in the state during a sex abuse scandal, pleaded guilty to three theft charges in 2014 and is serving a jail sentence.

Thou art priest no more

The Diocese of Manchester said Friday that Arsenault no longer has “faculties to act, function, or present himself as a priest.”

Prosecutors said Arsenault billed the church for lavish meals and travel for himself and often a male partner.