MARYLAND
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The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington has confirmed that it contacted St. Mary’s prosecutors last year after a routine financial examination at St. Francis Xavier Church in Compton revealed losses, estimated by local authorities to be at least $300,000.
A spokesperson for the archdiocese said that the review of the church’s finances followed the retirement of the Rev. John Mattingly, and was performed by his successor.
The ongoing investigation, initially reported in last week’s edition of The County Times, followed the Rev. Brian Sanderfoot’s discovery of “some financial irregularities,” according to Chieko Noguchi, the archdiocese’s director of media and public relations.
The information was forwarded to the archdiocese, resulting in the inquiry into possible “improper handling of parishioner contributions by Father John Mattingly, the former pastor,” according to Noguchi.
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