Reverend found guilty of stealing $200,000 from church funds

A reverend of a church in Chicago this week was found guilty of stealing somewhere in the order of $200,000 of church funds, with the majority of the money being used to pay for, and buy goods for a male stripper.

These thefts were not limited to electronic funds theft, but included stealing from the collection plate at the church; it was these thefts that led to parishner's discovering his less than moral understanding of ownership and funds distribution.

The investigation conducted revealed that the reverend had taken almost $40,000 from church collections alone, paid $1,000 a month to a male stripper, and charged purchases to the parish account, as well as writing cheques to himself from the parish account.

Clearly this was not the work of a moral person.

References:

• Boston Edge: "Reverend paid for clothes, meals and male stripper with parish funds"