Tag: Embezzlement

Dallas Title IV hearing panel recommends Episcopal priest Edward Monk be deposed over allegations of embezzlement. But why did it take more than a decade to identify the alleged theft?

June 4, 2025 Anglican Watch 2 comments

A Title IV clergy disciplinary hearing panel in the Diocese of Dallas has recommended that Episcopal priest Edward Monk be deposed. The decision follows criminal charges that Monk, previously rector of St. John’s, Corsicana, stole over $300,000 from the parish, committed fraud in the third degree, and engaged in credit

Toxic Episcopal priest Bill Allport resurfaces

November 7, 2023 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

Some priests are, simply put, in the wrong line of work. We use the word “work” very deliberately, as being a priest should be a calling, not a job. One priest in the wrong line of work is Bill Allport, recently rector of St. Paul’s in Englewood, NJ. After months of

Former Episcopal church accountant gets five years for embezzlement

October 28, 2023 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

Courtesy of the Virginia Pilot. Original here. VIRGINIA BEACH — A former accountant for Galilee Episcopal Church was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for embezzling more than $175,000 from the Oceanfront church, according to prosecutors. The sentence was handed down to Andrew Patrick Landsperger by Virginia Beach Circuit

Bill Allport finally admits what we knew all along: he’s an alcoholic

September 16, 2023 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

Bill Allport, the rector of the fast-dying St. Paul’s, located in Englewood, NJ, finally ‘fessed up on his way out the door, admitting that he is an alcoholic. The admission appears at 34:07 in the video below. (If your browser doesn’t display the embedded video, you can find it here.)

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