ABERDEEN - A former Aberdeen minister has been given a suspended jail sentence for stealing money from a church member with Alzheimer's disease.

Edward Maciorowski, who recently moved to Wisconsin, pleaded guilty to theft by exploitation.

The victim's conservator, Aberdeen lawyer Rob Ronayne, said Maciorowski could have gotten up to $200,000 from the impaired woman in the past six years.

Ronayne said it's hard to tell when the minister began taking advantage of the woman, who was tithing $600 a week to the church and gave Maciorowski a car and spending money.

The Brown County prosecutor, Kimberly Dorsett, said he's not sure how much money the minister took from the woman.

Maciorowski, who was pastor of the Living Word Bible Church, pleaded guilty to theft of no more than $1,000.

He will be on probation from a year, must do community service and may no longer contact the woman.