so someone leaves $30 thousand in a 50 pound safe that can just be carried out the front door with ease? Sounds like the robber and whoever was in charge of keeping the money safe should BOTH be in jail
Sounds like an inside job.
At our local church, I was the head usher at one of the masses for a few years. At that time, the collection was brought forward with the offerings and remained on the steps of the altar until the end of the mass, at which time I would put it in a money bag and deposit it in a security slot in the narthex wall. It was a great distraction, as I did not take my eyes off of the basket full of money for the entire mass.
Of course. Although it doesn't seem like the church secured the money very well. You'd think they'd have it in a safe!
I'm sure many of the offerings were checks, which can be reissued. As far as the cash is concerned, wouldn't theft insurance normally cover this?
Fast Track to Hell: Stealing From a Church on Christmas
Gothamist.com ^ | December 26, 2006 | Gothamist.com
Posted on 12/26/2006 12:39:44 PM CST by DogByte6RER
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The Crime at the Christmas Mass Is Already Unraveling
The New York Times ^ | December 28, 2006 | ANDY NEWMAN
Posted on 12/27/2006 11:29:05 PM CST by Gondring
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We had a poor box taken on Christmas day from our parish. It was only 500.00 but was for the poor.
If this soul who stole it had walked into the office instead, he/she would have gotten much more.
And the blessing was that the Oak Poor Box was left, broken but fixable by the dumpster.
There was a small article in my local paper about a man who robbed a collection jar set up at a convenience store to aid a wounded police officer. The 48 year old father of three was shot in the face and permanently blinded. :-( And then there were the usual stories about robbers taking Christmas presents. What IS it with people like this?
This sounds like the same story reported days ago.
The people responsible have already been caught and the money recovered.
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Al Gore knows about lockboxes.
Sounds like an inside job and it reminds me of the infamous Msgr. C.B. Woodrich at Holy Ghost Church in downtown Denver. Holy Ghost was the Church that many of those attending the McVeigh trial sought refuge and spiritual guidance in. Woodrich became notorious in the early 80s when he opened up the Church during a blizzard and let the homeless camp out in the sanctuary. Over 200 showed up and took him up on his offer. Ted Koppel had him on Nightline and he became a media darling. Koppel never did a follow up to disclose how much the video surveillance system cost that had to be added, at parishioner expense, to the Church because the homeless then thought that they could help themselves to whatever they found in the Church henceforth. No mention of the cost of cleaning up the mess they left behind either.
After Woodrich's demise many questions were raised about missing funds as a result of an audit conducted by the Archdiocese. Turns out Woody had instructed his secretary and her husband that they could help themselves to the Church's bank account. Woody also had a fetish for pre-pubescent males.