Christ the King parish - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 13 Nov 2024 22:30:09 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Christ the King parish - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Parish finance manager faces federal time https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/11/14/parish-finance-manager-faces-federal-time/ Thu, 14 Nov 2024 04:53:47 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=177900 As a Florida woman prepares to be sentenced next week for embezzling nearly $900,000 from the parish where she worked, a retired IRS investigator says the case shines a spotlight on the need for parishes to implement measures to help detect and prevent theft. In June, Heather Darrey pled guilty to embezzling hundreds of thousands Read more

Parish finance manager faces federal time... Read more]]> As a Florida woman prepares to be sentenced next week for embezzling nearly $900,000 from the parish where she worked, a retired IRS investigator says the case shines a spotlight on the need for parishes to implement measures to help detect and prevent theft.

In June, Heather Darrey pled guilty to embezzling hundreds of thousands from Christ the King parish in Tampa, where she had been the finance manager.

A sentencing memo in the case, filed in a US district court Friday, revealed that Darrey used the $875,000 she stole from the parish to help fund a lavish lifestyle, including the purchase of a boat, and vehicle, and the installation of a pickleball court at her house.

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Parish finance manager faces federal time]]> 177900 Polish church welcomes police 'regret' for intrusion https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/04/15/polish-church-welcomes-police-regret/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 07:53:12 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=135287 Prominent Catholic clergy have welcomed a statement of regret by Metropolitan Police officials for a Good Friday raid on a south London church, during which the Polish congregation was threatened with fines and arrest for allegedly infringing coronavirus restrictions. "The word regret says a great deal - we feel the situation has been clarified, while Read more

Polish church welcomes police ‘regret' for intrusion... Read more]]> Prominent Catholic clergy have welcomed a statement of regret by Metropolitan Police officials for a Good Friday raid on a south London church, during which the Polish congregation was threatened with fines and arrest for allegedly infringing coronavirus restrictions.

"The word regret says a great deal - we feel the situation has been clarified, while our parishioners have seen how the police are ready to assuage and repair feelings", said Fr Aleksander Dasik, assistant priest at Balham's Christ the King parish.

"The police have understood things well and have told us the incident gave them much to think and reflect about, so such events won't happen again. They've also assured us they'll look at places of worship in a more particular way in future".

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