TROY (MI)
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By Timothy Rath May 25, 2013
A former priest at the St. Thomas More Catholic Church on North Adams Road in Troy, accused of mishandling hundreds of thousands of dollars in church money, is suing the city in an effort to have his assets unfrozen.
It was reported in The Oakland Press that attorneys for Edward Belczak filed the suit this week in an attempt to have his Merrill Lynch funds and bank safe deposit box unfrozen following an order from the Troy Police Department.
Belczak’s attorneys, Ernest Essad Jr. and William Hosler, argue that Belczak “is being wrongfully deprived of his lawful rights,” The Press reports.
Belczak was removed from his position at the parish after an audit by the Archdiocese of Detroit revealed “questionable financial transactions and practices.”
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