New allegations surface against former bishop

STEUBENVILLE (OH)
WTOV 9 News

Oct. 28, 2019

By Jaime Baker

A Washington Post report says Michael Bransfield took $21 million from Wheeling Hospital to use in the “bishop’s fund.”

New allegations have come up against the former bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston.

A Washington Post report says Michael Bransfield took $21 million from Wheeling Hospital to use in the “bishop’s fund.”

The bishop’s fund was a charity created to help the residents of West Virginia.

According to the report, more than $300,000 from that fund went toward gifts to other clergy members.

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