Re: Priest stole $180K from his own church, cops allege, by Trevor Wilhelm, April 10.

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The Windsor Star

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Apr 10, 2013 – 12:29 PM EDT
Last Updated: Apr 10, 2013 – 5:45 PM EDT

In no way do I condone or wish to minimize the alleged conduct of Parish priest Robert Couture at St Anne’s in Tecumseh. I do, however, take extreme offence to the statement made by diocese spokesman Mark Adkinson.

The two-year police probe began in August 2011 after the London diocese approached Essex County OPP. The diocese had commissioned a forensic audit and learned there were “irregularities” to the tune of $169,000.

“Once we realized the scope of it, how serious it was, we realized this is something we have to go to the police with,” said diocese spokesman Mark Adkinson.

This is something the diocese considers important enough to go to the police with? Alleged child molestation in our parish communities can be hidden and the perpetrators shuffled to new communities to continue their despicable behaviour but allegedly “steal from us” and we contact the authorities for investigation.

BURT STEPHENSON, Windsor

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