{"id":5201,"date":"2006-10-19T08:32:41","date_gmt":"2006-10-19T08:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/10\/another-one-1.html"},"modified":"2006-10-19T08:32:41","modified_gmt":"2006-10-19T08:32:41","slug":"another-one-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/10\/another-one-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Another one"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago:<\/a><\/p>\n

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The former pastor of a Far North Side church whose financial struggles were highlighted during a round of school closings two years ago has been charged with stealing nearly $200,000 from the parish’s coffers to pamper himself, officials said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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The parish’s fiscal troubles first came to light in winter 2004 when Sorvillo told parishioners that the church’s school was insolvent and would have to reopen as a charter school, sources said.<\/p>\n

But church members, after examining the records, became suspicious about what had happened to cause the shortfall, Burritt said.<\/p>\n

Members of the parish’s finance committee said "`Oh my, something is amiss,’" Burritt said.<\/p>\n

Parishioners contacted the archdiocese, which launched an investigation and found discrepancies in the church’s Christmas collection, officials said.<\/p>\n

The archdiocese then alerted the state’s attorney’s office early this year, Gorman said.<\/p>\n

"The system worked because of the finance committee and the people in the parish," Burritt said.<\/p>\n

Sorvillo is accused of spending the funds on vacations to Europe–including trips to London, Paris and Venice–meals at expensive restaurants and high-end clothing, sources said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Also – a lengthy article about the priest whom Mark Foley has named as his abuser.<\/a><\/p>\n

Update: Priest says reporter misconstrued, paper stands by story:<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

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