Nuns accused of stealing $500K from church school to gamble in Las Vegas News. Posted: Dec 10, 2018 / 05:54 PM PST / Updated: Dec 10, 2018 / 05:54 PM PST. Nuns accused of stealing $500K from church school to gamble in Las Vegas News. By: Associated Press. Posted: Dec 10, 2018 / 07:19 PM CST / Updated: Dec 10, 2018 / 07:19 PM CST.
Sisters Lana Chang and Mary Margaret Kreuper, a long-time teacher and a principal, respectively, at St. James Catholic School in Torrance, California, have been publicly accused of stealing half a million dollars from the school to go on vacations, including jaunts to play the casinos in Las Vegas.
The crimes only became apparent when it was discovered that a check that had been made out to the school several years before had been deposited into the bank account that the two nuns had set up to use as their slush fund for travel and gaming.
Both of the nuns have recently retired and are reported to be the best of friends. Slotocash casino login. Some might say that they’re “thick as thieves.” It’s believed that they have been stealing from the school for at least 10 years, setting aside money sent in to the school for donations, fees, and tuition payments into their special account.
The half-million-dollar amount represents just what auditors have so far been able to find in six years’ worth of bank records. This number might not include other transactions.
Meeting with the Parents
School officials, including the church’s monsignor Michael Meyers, met with parents last week and explained just how the sisters managed to get away with it for so long. According to The Press Telegram, the school’s attorney commented on the nuns’ actions:
Chumba casino bonus. “We do know that they had a pattern of going on trips, we do know they had a pattern of going to casinos, and the reality is, they used the account as their personal account.”
Some parents knew the women would go on trips, but they said they were all gifts from a well-off relative.
The archdiocese started an internal investigation six months ago when the organization carried out a standard audit of procedures shortly before Kreuper’s retirement after serving the school for 28 years.
At about the same time, a family member asked for a copy of the check they had made out to the school, and school staff noticed it had been deposited into a bank account different than the school’s bank account.
According to Meyers, Sister Kreuper became anxious and nervous about the looming financial review. She also asked staff members to alter records.
Meyers informed the internal auditor for the archdiocese that something wasn’t right and the auditor agreed. The archdiocese then hired the services of an independent forensic auditor to look deeper into the matter.
Without the standard audit and an anonymous tip made to the archdiocese hotline, the school would have probably never discovered their crimes. Because the school had always been profitable, no one suspected anything.
None of the other staff members are said to be involved with the crime.
What Will the Punishment Be for the Sisters?
When officials from the school realized the magnitude of what the criminal nuns had done, they confronted them. The two gambling embezzlers immediately admitted their crimes and have also begged for forgiveness from everyone involved.
Luckily for them, the order to which the nuns involve has said it will pay back all the money and due to this, the archdiocese isn’t pressing charges.
As of this time, we don’t know if the two of them will have any legal consequences, although the nuns’ order has said it will impose “severe sanctions” against the women. They have been removed from ministry and sent to separate convents.
Parents’ Reactions
There are a lot of outraged parents as a result of these allegations coming to light. It’s especially understandable given that the school has struggled with funding for a number of projects in the last few years. The two nuns reportedly told parents that the school was running on a tight budget. An anonymous parent told the local Fox affiliate:
“I will honestly say that it’s not shocking to me. There have been a couple of projects that we have been trying to get funded for many years that we have unfortunately been unable to move forward with because of the lack of funding.”
At the meeting with school officials, parents held a mix of reactions ranging from anger and disappointment to forgiveness and calls for jail.
Many want to have the nuns charged, and others wanted the restitution money to go towards the things they were told the school couldn’t afford, like sun awnings for an outdoor eating area and teacher pay raises.
The money that the nuns stole was extra and would have gone into the school’s contingency fund, which means the school certainly would have been able to afford those things and additional upgrades. Online casino poland.
Other parents are angry that the school isn’t asking for justice, just for the money. One parent, Jack Alexander of Redondo Beach, had an interview with the Southern California News Group and said that he and a group of other parents are talking about going to Torrance police themselves to file charges.
But he’s doubtful it would go ahead without the archdiocese’s support and cooperation.
Alexander said that the school’s decision sends the wrong message to students, teaching that morals aren’t as important as money:
“They are trying to recapture money, not get justice.”
Samantha Pierce, who lives in Torrance, has attended St. James for over 30 years. Her son also graduated from the school. She said at the meeting that the fact that the embezzlement happened at all is proof of a failure of leadership from the church and that only a police investigation should be trusted.
She believes that the church convicted the sisters without all of the evidence being presented, and doesn’t feel that the nuns acted with malicious intent.
Pierce said that Sister Kreuper had given tuition forgiveness in the past and also offered financial help to families who went through tough times. Pierce also said that if the nuns did in fact use the funds illegally, she would forgive them.
If anything, this news story will cement the fact that we’re all just people after all, and we are all vulnerable to temptation.
However, this story does have all the makings of a Hangover movie or a Sister Act film as it’s hard to believe that two nuns could steal that much money without being caught sooner.
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MSN.com ^ | 12/8/2018 | Brendan Cole
Posted on 12/09/2018 9:12:30 PM PST by Beave Meister
Two nuns in California allegedly stole more than $500,000 from the school they had been at for years, which they spent in casinos and on vacations.
Bank records show Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper and Sister Lana Lang had been embezzling funds from St. James Catholic School in Torrence for at least a decade, the Press-Telegram reported.
But officials from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles told parents and alumni of the school that auditors have not been able to trace all of the money trail.
Kreuper had retired as the school's principal earlier this year and she dealt with the school fees, which she allegedly withheld and deposited into an account only she and Chang knew about, the paper said.
While investigators found the two gave some of the stolen money back to the school, the rest was used for their 'personal gain.' Kreuper has admitted she took the money and expressed remorse.
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The perfect criminals, who would suspect a couple of nuns. Sister Act with a gambling habit..
1posted on 12/09/2018 9:12:30 PM PSTby Beave Meister
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2posted on 12/09/2018 9:14:24 PM PSTby ifinnegan(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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Sister Lana Lang? So that's what happened after she broke up with Clark Kent!
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Heard the one about the young priest asking the head nun”what’s a quickie”. Answer “5 bucks”
4posted on 12/09/2018 9:17:08 PM PSTby DIRTYSECRET(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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The first two words alone are a shock to anyone who was taught by a Nun. “Nuns STOLE!” That’s much more than a Venial Sin right there! Maybe not quite a Mortal Sin though.
5posted on 12/09/2018 9:17:25 PM PSTby lee martell(AT)
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Wasn't us. Mm mm. Don't you keep lookin' at us.
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From another article
“The report claims the archdiocese and the church are not pursuing criminal charges after the nuns said they’re sorry.”
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Sister Lana Lang? So that’s what happened after she broke up with Clark Kent!
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Jerry Seinfeld was crushed
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Jerry Seinfeld was crushed
8posted on 12/09/2018 9:25:37 PM PSTby xrmusn(6/98'Getting rich as a Politician means doing something illegal'(trunc) HS Truman)
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I wonder how much the two nuns won? $500,000 is a drop in the bucket for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
9posted on 12/09/2018 9:26:03 PM PSTby Beave Meister(Leave the gun. Take the cannoli..)
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It is none of my business.
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They must be Democrats!
Now known as the “Swinging Sisters”.
Now known as the “Swinging Sisters”.
11posted on 12/09/2018 9:26:56 PM PSTby TaMoDee(The Pack will be back in 2018! Go Pack!!)
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The two nuns are indistinguishable from the general public. I think they traded their religious habits for gambling habits.
12posted on 12/09/2018 9:29:48 PM PSTby sockmonkey(I am an America First, not Israel First FReeper.)
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Lana was much better than Lois in my estimation.
13posted on 12/09/2018 9:30:28 PM PSTby Dr. Sivana(There is no salvation in politics.)
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Sister Act with a gambling habit..
at least they weren't boffing the altar boys..
14posted on 12/09/2018 9:33:00 PM PSTby 867V309(Lock Her Up)
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I think they are SJW’s, for sure.
Excerpt from “Who we Are”:
We believe in the interdependence of humanity and nature in the whole Earth community, and recognize our harmful impact.
We believe in the interdependence of humanity and nature in the whole Earth community, and recognize our harmful impact.
We lead simple lifestyles and strive to foster the common good through parish service, adult education, spiritual direction and retreat work, direct service of the poor, and justice activities.
15posted on 12/09/2018 9:39:12 PM PSTby sockmonkey(I am an America First, not Israel First FReeper.)
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WHAT! No Monty Python Castle Anthrax gif at the time of posting?
16posted on 12/09/2018 9:44:23 PM PSTby GunHoardingCapitalist(The dumber society becomes, the wiser i am in their eyes.)
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Back in the day, the nuns that taught me in school would not be caught dead stealing cash, though more than several were often in the cups here and there, and would give you quite a good thrashing when they divined that it was time to pay for your “sins”.
Had one 200 pound Polish nun ram my head into the blackboard in sixth grade which left a dent we all gazed upon as a warning for the rest of the school year. Must say I straightened up and became an A student as long as I stayed in religious school. So there’s that:)
17posted on 12/09/2018 9:45:48 PM PSTby LongWayHome
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Developed some habits..
18posted on 12/09/2018 9:52:04 PM PSTby Vendome(I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZGw2M)
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I had a great aunt that was Mother Superior of some North Dakota convent. She visited when I was small. Dad took her to Las Vegas (early 50's) Apparently caused quite a stir having a nun in full regalia walking through the casinos.
My dad is said to have surveyed the scene and asked my great aunt:
'See sister, this is the wages of sin.' And was instantly told to shut up by his aunt.
19posted on 12/09/2018 9:57:33 PM PSTby doorgunner69
Nuns Steal 500k
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Sister got game!
20posted on 12/09/2018 9:58:20 PM PSTby bigbob(Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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