Unofficial Watchdog of the Episcopal Church
Dorothy Louise Lowe, has been charged by Pennsylvania state police with 47 counts of felony theft related to her role as treasurer of St. Lawrence Episcopal Church, located in Osceola Mills, Pa. The amount allegedly stolen totals more than $14,000. Among the allegations are that Lowe wrote two checks to
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On Friday, October 14, 2022, former Diocese of London treasurer Martin Sargeant pleaded guilty to theft of £5.2 million ($6.3 million) from the Two Cities Churches Trust. A charity, the organization was founded in 1891 to support the restoration of churches in the City of London. The theft covered a
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A priest in the Diocese of California has been barred from priestly ministries for four years over allegations that he misused more than $200,000 of his parish’s money over the past decade. the Rev. Matthew Dutton-Gillett had served since 2009 as rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Menlo Park, between
Continue readingIt’s hardly a first. In an article that has attracted relatively little notice, the rector of Trinity Episcopal in Menlo Park CA recently was fired after allegedly embezzling more than $200,000 over a period of five years. Details were uncovered via a months-long forensic audit, and total losses were more
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