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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The reverend in charge of the largest cathedral in the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh is accused of stealing more than $1,000 worth of baseball trading cards. Rev. Aidan Smith, the head priest and administrator of the Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Downtown Pittsburgh, has been on administrative leave from the cathedral since late January, and police arrested him on February 27th at the Walmart in Economy Borough. Borough police and store security state that they caught Smith stealing 27 packs of baseball trading cards worth more than $200. Police confirm that this followed a multi-day stealing spree in which Smith stole more than $1,000 worth of trading cards from the Walmart. Smith faces charges of retail theft and receiving stolen property and is free on a bail of $50,000. He was going to face a preliminary hearing this week, but that has been postponed to later this month.