'Monsignor Meth' Avoids Additional Jail Time

BRIDGEPORT, CT — Bridgeport Diocese Monsignor Kevin Wallin won't have to go back to federal prison despite failing six drug tests while out on supervised release. A federal judge instead assigned him to a treatment that includes four months of home confinement.

Wallin was arrested in 2013 on federal charges of distributing methamphetamine and was released in November 2016 from prison. He failed a total of five drug tests since his release, according to the Hartford Courant.

His probation officer wanted him sent back to prison for 60 days. If he tests positive for drugs again he'll be back in prison for nine months.

Walling served as the personal secretary for bishops in the Bridgeport diocese and was a monsignor at St. Augustine's in Bridgeport.

Walling received shipments of methamphetamine from California over the course of about four years, according to the U.S. Attorney District of Connecticut office. He would then sell the drug to other dealers along with his own customers.

He received between one and three pounds of meth on a monthly basis during the years long conspiracy and sold meth to an undercover officer on six occasion, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

A prosecutor said that he was unlikely to re-offend after his sentence.

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