Chaput addresses alleged embezzlement from the archdiocese

PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philadelphia Inquirer

February 05, 2012|By David O’Reilly, Inquirer Staff Writer

Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said Friday that he was angry that “a senior member of the archdiocesan staff stole more than $900,000 of our people’s resources,” but was relieved the missing money would have relatively little impact on the Catholic Church here.

“As bitter as this loss is, insurance will cover most of it,” he wrote in his weekly column, posted on the archdiocesan website. “This is little comfort and absolves no one,” he added, but “at least some of the damage will be made whole.”

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