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Bryan Engfer, former pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, stands accused of embezzling more than $13,000 from the church’s “Pastor’s Discretionary Fund.” According to WISC-3, Engfer used the pilfered funds to purchase a car and to pay for a country club membership. The money was supposed to used for helping people in need. Evidently, Engfer was “needy.”
Engfer faces up to six years in prison if convicted.
It was the pastor’s discretionary fund, and I guess his and Jesus’s discretion dictated that the pastor needed to live large!
https://www.dailyunion.com/news/former-trinity-pastor-pleads-guilty-to-theft/article_6550a222-2861-5e2e-aa11-c03ede8caa8b.html