Bishop Charles M. "Chuck" Leigh, 64, who looks a lot like Santa Claus is the head of the Apostolic Catholic Church in Tampa, FL. The hug starved 'Bishop' was arrested on charges that he signed off on 50 fake community service hours for seven hugs - and a partridge in a pear tree...

The Tampa Bay Times reports that police arrested Charles M. Leigh, 64, on Wednesday on six counts of falsifying records and six counts of falsifying official records in writing, all misdemeanors.

Leigh, who says he is a bishop, leads the Apostolic Catholic Church at 7813 N Nebraska Ave., which promotes itself as an alternative to the Roman Catholic Church. His sanctuary is hardly more than a small house, and his parishioners include prostitutes and people on probation.

He also has a record that includes arrests in the '70s on allegations of sexual battery and robbery, although those charges were never pursued.

Leigh did, however, serve five years in federal prison for a loan scheme. Prosecutors said that in 1981 and 1982, he operated Old Republic Mortgage Corp. in Tampa, promoting it as a loan and mortgage brokerage and overstating his background.

In June, police received a tip that Leigh was falsifying probation paperwork, the agency said. The state Corrections Department participated in an investigation.

On June 19, an undercover officer pretending to be on probation went in and waited to meet with him to see about earning community service hours.

"Oh, you won't have any problem; you're female," a man told her, according to Cpl. Pecora.

Leigh signed off on paperwork saying the woman had performed 17 community service hours after giving her four "intimate hugs," police said.

She returned Wednesday and got three "groping hugs" in exchange for 33 more hours, police said. When the undercover officer pushed him away, Pecora said, he dismissed her, saying, "Aw, I guess I'm too gropey."

She had to push him off twice before officers moved in to arrest Leigh, according to the agency.