USCCB Official Charged with Theft-Over $60K

Austin police have issued an arrest warrant for Leo Anchondo, a former Austin Catholic leader who rose from his position helping immigrants in Central Texas to working for immigration reform on a national stage.

Anchondo, 34, is accused of stealing more than $60,000 from Immigrant Concerns, an office within the Catholic Charities of Central Texas, said Helen Osman, a spokeswoman for the diocese. He left his job as director of that office in 2005 to become national manager of the Justice for Immigrants campaign created by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.