VENICE — The former administrator of Holy Spirit Orthodox Church has been accused of embezzling more than $50,000 in church funds, according to a Sarasota County Sheriff’s report.

Robert S. Kondratick, 67, of the 11700 block of Tempest Harbor Loop, Venice, a former orthodox priest and former high-ranking official in the Orthodox Church of America, turned himself in Wednesday afternoon after the issuance of an arrest warrant for grand theft, the report shows. He was held at the Sarasota County Jail on $50,000 bond.