Former Leawood, Kansas, priest arrested Saturday for theft of funds

Father Richard Storey, formerly the priest at Curé of Ars Catholic Church in Leawood, Kansas, was arrested by the Leawood Police Department on Saturday morning.

The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas said in a press release that Storey was taken into custody for theft of funds — about $160,000 — which is a felony charge.

Storey resigned from Curé of Ars in September 2025 after the Prairie Village Police Department opened an investigation against Storey for an incident involving another adult…

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