A Venice Church’s ex-administrator’s been busted by the Sarasota County Sheriff.

67-year old Robert Kondratick of Tempest Harbor Loop’s been charged with a felony count of grand theft, accused of allegedly embezzling over $50,000 from Holy Spirit Orthodox Church. Kondratick was the church’s administrator. The Herald-Tribune reports church council members contacted the sheriff’s department in January after discovering funds set aside to help those having a tough financial time, vanished between June and December of last year. Kondratick was fired. The church was paying him $3600/month plus $800/month for health insurance and a car reimbursement.