Nuns-pensioner (former Director and teacher at a Catholic school) in California are accused of that for over 10 years appropriated school money, spending it on trips to Las Vegas.
The fraud with the school accounts came to light recently in the Catholic school of St. James (St. James Catholic School) in TORRANCE, a town southwest of Los Angeles.
According to the lawyer representing the interests of the school, former Director, sister Mary Margaret Grouper and former teacher, sister Lana Chang (both of the order of St. Joseph of Carondelet) for 10 years stealing from the accounts of the institution of money. So they stole about $500 thousand of that spent on trips to Vegas and play in the local casino.
«They are best friends. And we know that they spent school money on trips to Vegas, trips to casinos, we have all the necessary evidence,» the lawyer said Marge Graf.
This news came as a shock to parents, as they have repeatedly said that the school is «barely afloat» financially.
«We were a cash machine, and we demand justice,» said the father of one of the students, Jack Alexander.
In the order of the sisters confirmed that the woman confessed to the fraud.
«The sisters confirmed the fact of misappropriation of funds, they cooperate with the investigation. We are immensely saddened by this situation and intend to fully indemnify school St. James», — reads the statement of the monastic order.
As the order is ready to return the money, the Archdiocese has decided not to assert against the nuns of the charges, but intend to pursue parents whose children attend Catholic school.
