MICHIGAN
Lansing State Journal
Beth LeBlanc , Lansing State Journal July 7, 2017
MASON — An ongoing audit of finances at St. Martha Parish in Okemos has pegged missing funds at the Catholic parish at nearly $5 million, officials said Friday during a court hearing.
Assistant Ingham County Prosecutor Andrew Stevens said auditors with Plante Moran have combed through “voluminous” discovery in preparing for the case against Rev. Jonathan Wehrle, the suspended priest who faces an embezzlement charge.
“It has taken a multi-member team from Plante Moran several weeks to itemize, categorize and catalog every item of evidence,” Stevens said in a hearing Friday in front of Ingham District Judge Donald Allen Jr.
In May, police said an initial audit of the parish indicated Wehrle, the founding pastor at St. Martha Parish, had used about $1.85 million of parish money on his Williamston home.
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