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SHOCK: $100K Gone, $1M Owed, Nudist Priest
WXYZ ^ | 12-18-2007 | WXYZ

Posted on 12/18/2007 8:57:10 PM PST by Westlander

An investigation by the Wayne County prosecutor is rocking a Catholic parish in Garden City. Among the revelations: a secretary stole $100,000, the church owes $1 million in taxes, and the former priest not only has a gambling problem but also took trips to a nudist resort in the Carribean.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: catholic; crazynakedpeople; embezzlement; nudist; priest
The honest members of the Archdioceses of Detroit will wind up footing the bill for these two nutjobs.
1 posted on 12/18/2007 8:57:14 PM PST by Westlander
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To: Westlander

Nudist Priest... Wasn’t that a metal band back in the ‘80s?


2 posted on 12/18/2007 8:58:52 PM PST by Redcloak (Dingos ate my tagline.)
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To: Westlander

The movie rights should be worth a lot of money.


3 posted on 12/18/2007 9:04:30 PM PST by TYVets (God so loved the world he didn't send a committee)
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To: Redcloak

LOL!!!!!!


4 posted on 12/18/2007 9:06:11 PM PST by Atchafalaya
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To: Redcloak
Nudist Priest... Wasn’t that a metal band back in the ‘80s?

Well said!

Especially as the going-ons at this one institution are more in-line
with a head-banger lifestyle than something to do with
"The Prince of Peace".
5 posted on 12/18/2007 9:08:36 PM PST by VOA
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To: Westlander

.."well, at least we know he didn't pull a Sandy Berger"

6 posted on 12/18/2007 9:14:35 PM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Redcloak


7 posted on 12/18/2007 9:17:33 PM PST by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: Redcloak

It’s a tribute band that actully plays in the nude. http://www.toniwells.com/b_nudistpriest.htm


8 posted on 12/18/2007 9:19:46 PM PST by Between the Lines (I am very cognizant of my fallibility, sinfulness, and other limitations.)
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To: Westlander

I was expecting this to be about an Episcopal parish, but oh well.


9 posted on 12/18/2007 9:23:56 PM PST by rabscuttle385 (It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are.)
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To: Between the Lines

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww !


10 posted on 12/18/2007 9:30:34 PM PST by stylin19a
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To: Westlander
Franz "Joshua" Creffield -- the Charlie Manson of Edwardian America!
11 posted on 12/18/2007 9:40:44 PM PST by TFFKAMM
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To: Westlander
Good advice:

Parishioners, boards of churches, clubs and non-profit organizations should follow these three basic rules: 1) All checks should require two signatures of unrelated people, the treasurer and an officer; 2) An independent audit should be conducted annually; and 3) The person responsible for financial transactions should be rotated annually.

In speaking with the police he (the pastor)revealed that he has a large amount of personal debt that he attributes to his gambling problem.
• Records show that he made as many as 200 trips to casinos in Michigan, Nevada and Florida since 2000. Furthermore, he has been gambling since he was relieved of his pastoral duties on June 12, 2007.
• In addition, the investigation reveals that: He has made numerous trips out of the state and the country to casinos and Caribbean resorts including Club Orient, [a clothing-optional resort].

12 posted on 12/18/2007 10:25:10 PM PST by iowamark
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To: TFFKAMM

Thanks for posting that. It was interesting! Never heard of him.


13 posted on 12/18/2007 10:31:36 PM PST by txcaprockgal
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