"Shock: $100K Gone, $1M Owed, Nudist Priest"
This was the title of a Dec 18 WXYZ-TV (Detroit, Michigan) article that went on to say:
“Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy charged Debra Ann Kilyanek, 54 of Garden City with Embezzlement over $100,000, a felony that carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and/or $25,000, or 3 times the amount embezzled, whichever is greater and, Using a Computer to Commit a Crime, a felony that carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and/or $20,000.”
“The Archdiocese of Detroit conducted an audit of the books at St Dunstan and uncovered a loss of $111,693....(and)...turned the matter over to the Garden City Police Department and the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office for investigation. Beginning in October 2005 Ms. Kilyanek began charging her personal transactions to the St Dunstan Parish checking account. Most of these transactions were either phoned in or paid via the internet using the parish checking account information. Ms. Kilyanek allegedly used parish funds to pay her personal credit obligations.”
And, because Ms Kilyanek did not keep the books properly:
“The parish now owes in excess of $1,000,000 in taxes, interest and penalties to the federal government for unpaid taxes (payroll taxes, FICA and Medicare).”
Question - Where was the priest, Father Donald Demmer, when all this was happening? He was busy with other things:
“Records show that he made as many as 200 trips to casinos in Michigan, Nevada and Florida since 2000.”
“He has made numerous trips out of the state and the country to casinos and Caribbean resorts including Club Orient” (a nudist camp on the island of St Martin).
“Numerous subscription charges were made to companies providing pornographic internet services that appear on Father Demmer’s bank records.”
Demmer has not been charged with anything because, supposedly, he used funds donated to him personally from parishioners, not church funds.
How has the archdiocese disciplined Demmer? They put him on “medical leave” this past June!
So......what’s the reaction of the Catholic “faithful” to this? The Detroit Free Press Dec 18 article, “Prosecutor: St Dunstan Priest’s Conduct ‘Disturbing, not Criminal,’" reported:
“St. Dunstan parishioner Gregg Ward said he still hopes Demmer returns to the church. ‘We’re a church of forgiveness and redemption. I’m not sure what in the state of Michigan the definition of a gambling problem is.’”
“’There’s no reason to smear a person, other than the satisfaction to smear a Catholic priest,’ Ward said. ‘In the Catholic Church, we have Bingos, we have Vegas nights, there are priests that go to casinos. If people have given their money to him freely, it’s not with strings attached. We have three casinos in the city of Detroit.’”
Comment – He’s got to be kidding! But he’s not!! Would you want such a man to lead your church?
Catholics are not Christians. Are you praying daily for Catholic conversions? This episode only shows the rampant corruption in the Catholic Church, and how lost the heart of a Catholic can be.
“Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy charged Debra Ann Kilyanek, 54 of Garden City with Embezzlement over $100,000, a felony that carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and/or $25,000, or 3 times the amount embezzled, whichever is greater and, Using a Computer to Commit a Crime, a felony that carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and/or $20,000.”
“The Archdiocese of Detroit conducted an audit of the books at St Dunstan and uncovered a loss of $111,693....(and)...turned the matter over to the Garden City Police Department and the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office for investigation. Beginning in October 2005 Ms. Kilyanek began charging her personal transactions to the St Dunstan Parish checking account. Most of these transactions were either phoned in or paid via the internet using the parish checking account information. Ms. Kilyanek allegedly used parish funds to pay her personal credit obligations.”
And, because Ms Kilyanek did not keep the books properly:
“The parish now owes in excess of $1,000,000 in taxes, interest and penalties to the federal government for unpaid taxes (payroll taxes, FICA and Medicare).”
Question - Where was the priest, Father Donald Demmer, when all this was happening? He was busy with other things:
“Records show that he made as many as 200 trips to casinos in Michigan, Nevada and Florida since 2000.”
“He has made numerous trips out of the state and the country to casinos and Caribbean resorts including Club Orient” (a nudist camp on the island of St Martin).
“Numerous subscription charges were made to companies providing pornographic internet services that appear on Father Demmer’s bank records.”
Demmer has not been charged with anything because, supposedly, he used funds donated to him personally from parishioners, not church funds.
How has the archdiocese disciplined Demmer? They put him on “medical leave” this past June!
So......what’s the reaction of the Catholic “faithful” to this? The Detroit Free Press Dec 18 article, “Prosecutor: St Dunstan Priest’s Conduct ‘Disturbing, not Criminal,’" reported:
“St. Dunstan parishioner Gregg Ward said he still hopes Demmer returns to the church. ‘We’re a church of forgiveness and redemption. I’m not sure what in the state of Michigan the definition of a gambling problem is.’”
“’There’s no reason to smear a person, other than the satisfaction to smear a Catholic priest,’ Ward said. ‘In the Catholic Church, we have Bingos, we have Vegas nights, there are priests that go to casinos. If people have given their money to him freely, it’s not with strings attached. We have three casinos in the city of Detroit.’”
Comment – He’s got to be kidding! But he’s not!! Would you want such a man to lead your church?
Catholics are not Christians. Are you praying daily for Catholic conversions? This episode only shows the rampant corruption in the Catholic Church, and how lost the heart of a Catholic can be.
posted by Robt. B. at 5:46 AM
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