Now Catholic Charities must help itself

Newark Star Ledger ^ | 08.14.05 | JEFF DIAMANT

[Coleus]

From 1999 to 2003, government money flowed to Mount Carmel Guild Hospital like never before, a total of $40 million extra the Newark hospital used to help poor people with mental-health issues.

But officials in the state Attorney General's Office say Mount Carmel's windfall was crooked, the result of a fraudulent Medicaid reimbursement scheme that boosted the finances of the hospital, which is affiliated with Catholic Charities, the social services arm of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.

Not only did the agency's former chief financial officer plead guilty last month to fraud, but Catholic Charities now needs to repay the government tens of millions of dollars it received in those years, plus interest.

While authorities say this scam did not directly line anyone's pockets -- the money was used for Mount Carmel's social services, consulting and administrative salaries -- that likely will make it harder for Catholic Charities to come up with money to repay the government.

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[Coleus]

Catholic Church & Charities Illegally 'Aid and Abet' Aliens

[investigateworld]

I smell a rat. All these gubermint programs have outside auditors and "compliance specialists".
One year I could see bring out of bounds, but four years?
(BTW, the fact that they aid and abet illegals will only mitigate any punishment in this Administration, IMHO.

[Slugworth]

Mount Carmel's windfall was crooked, the result of a fraudulent Medicaid reimbursement scheme that boosted the finances of the hospital, which is affiliated with Catholic Charities, the social services arm of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.

Follow the money. Soo-PRIZE, soo-PRIIIZE.

[DBeers]

In my opinion, Catholic Charities is but bastion of the liberal leftist secular and spirit of Vatican II morally relative pastoralists... Catholic Charities is authentically Catholic in name only and should not be supported...

How Catholic Charities Lost Its Soul

Counselor at Catholic Charities Volunteers at Abortion Clinic

Abortion Worker No Longer Employed by Catholic Charities

United We Fall — The Unholy Alliance Between Catholic Charities & United Way

[Coleus]

thanks for the links, almost as bad as the CCHD