Monsignor kevin wallin sentenced to prison

HARTFORD, Conn. - A suspended Roman Catholic priest, dubbed "Monsignor Meth", apologized Thursday for running a meth distribution ring and letting down scores of friends and parishioners.

Moments later, Monsignor Kevin Wallin was sentenced to 5 and a half years in prison, less than the 10 years he faced, but more than the four years he sought.

"I have never from the day I was arrested denied my guilt," Wallin, 63, said at the sentencing hearing in U.S.

District Court in Hartford.

Monsignor kevin wallin sentenced to prison today

"The day I was arrested was a very good day. It took me out of that situation."

Prosecutors said Wallin received meth in the mail from California suppliers and supplied a New York distributor. He also bought an adult video and sex toy shop named "Land of Oz & Dorothy's Place," apparently to launder profits from the drug ring, they said.

Wallin, who pleaded guilty to a meth conspiracy charge in 2013, has been in jail for 28 months.

With time served, he will be behind bars for about three more years