Pastor sells church, buys BMW
There are always two sides to every
story, but sometimes things are far less interesting that way.
AP reports that a priest in Manteca, California
will be put in prison for 18 months after admitting to embezzling money. The pastor allegedly sold his town's oldest
church, the First Congregational Church of Ripon, for $525,000 and faked paperwork indicating that he owned the
house to leverage for loans, supposedly to buy a BMW.
This is one instance where you could say, "The
devil made me do it," and people might actually believe you.
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Mal Fuller 9:32PM (2/01/2006)
A & E is going to do a feature on this story. They're naming it ripoff in Ripon!
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matt 10:11PM (2/01/2006)
so a priest and a rabbi walk into a bmw dealership.....
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Linda McKray 1:09AM (2/02/2006)
Churches, morals, whatever Im sick of hearing about this junk!! These are wrong and they oppress women!
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Lew Schucart 2:06AM (2/02/2006)
Sounds like "The Church of the Holy Profit" :-)
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kiloer 7:34AM (2/02/2006)
O agree: Churches, morals, whatever Im sick of hearing about this junk!! These are wrong and they oppress women! http://www.retete-online.com
http://www.retete-online.com/retete/articole/1cure-sanatoase.php
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Matt Bodall 8:57AM (2/02/2006)
THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU
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Tom Design 9:49AM (2/02/2006)
LOL! Thanks Erin for the funny find. New meaning to "the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away."
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Chris 12:41PM (2/02/2006)
If the BMW he bought was a 507 like shown in the picture, I could understand why he'd do it! That is one fantastic looking car.
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