Back in early May Columbia news, views & reviews posted these:
- It could happen! – “Often, it’s one of the most trusted people in the church who’s pilfering from the collection plate, or diverting funds from the church budget or investment accounts.” – Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company Website
- Preventing Fraud and Embezzlement at Your Worship Center – a presentation
And, gollee … Lancaster Online has this: “Columbia police have charged a church assistant with stealing more than $10,000 from Holy Trinity Catholic Church.”
Wonder why we write so often about “those trusted” people?
BE SURE to read the comments following the article, too.
Columbia news, views & reviews 
This story was posted on the Facebook page “You Know You’re From Columbia if…”. However, it was quickly removed when the administrator was contacted by a protector of the “accused”. You know….it’s the good old boys protecting their own. Had that been a resident that was not born here surely the article would have remained indefinitely. Such predictable behavior anymore.
Yeah, well as the King said: “Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away.” – Elvis Presley
My oh my, year another person stealing from a church . It baffles me as to why people would do this. Do they not care about the shame it places upon them and their family.
Look at it the way they do: Nobody’ll ever suspect me, besides I need money. And, people who take money seldom go to jail – they just get to pay it back at $50 a month or so. It’s a helluva’ deal.
Its a sin!