A Manhattan lawyer has resigned from the bar and admitted that he can’t “defend himself” against professional-misconduct allegations that say he stole $600,000 from a Harlem church he was representing.

The lawyer, John Omololu Shasanmi, has also agreed before an Appellate Division, First Department panel to pay restitution of $601,874.99 to the church and reimburse the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection for any awards made to the church in connection with its loss caused by Shasanmi’s misconduct, according to a panel decision granting Shasanmi’s resignation motion.