Draft:Gradilone Embezzlement Scandal
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The Gradilone Embezzlement Scandal was an embezzlement of funds by Monsignor Thomas J. Gradilone at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs church.[1]
Background
[edit]Gradoline had been a long-time member of the parish's clergy, and had retired from his post as pastor less than a year before the investigation (in early 2002).
Investigation
[edit]The investigation started when accountants from the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens came to check the church's amounts received from Sunday collections and transactions by the church. Soon after, it was found that a number of the recorded amounts were erased, casting suspicion on the priest in charge of financial security, Thomas Gradilone. After further investigation on the transactions of the church led by the Queens County District Attorney, Richard A. Brown, it was discovered that a total of 2 to up to 8 million dollars was taken from the church's funds by Gradilone over the past 20 years of his service to the parish. Part of the money was claimed by some of the diocese' financial officers to be in the possesion of "at least one convicted felon".[2][3][4] When questioned by the church's Bishop, Thomas V. Daily, Gradilone said he "gave significant sums to people in need", which the bishop expressed doubts about.[3]
Aftermath
[edit]Gradilone was sent to a Canadian retreat for troubled priests, and now lives in the rectory of St. Margaret Mary Church in Brooklyn.[5]
- ^ McFadden, Robert (2 October 2000). "Ex-Pastor Is Focus of Inquiry Into Embezzlement at Parish". New York Times. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ Chivers, C. and Kershaw, Sarah (6 October 2000). "A Hole in the Collection Plate; From Smudge on Ledger to Embezzlement Inquiry". New York Times. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Chivers, C. (3 October 2000). "Officials Say Millions Embezzled From Catholic Church in Forest Hills May Never Be Traced". New York Times. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ New York Daily News Group (1 October 2000). "PASTOR IN FUNDS PROBE 8M missing from offerings". New York Daily News. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ Queens Chronicle (20 June 2002). "Lawsuit Claims Church, Msgr., Fleeced Ailing Widow Of $1M". Queens Chronicle. Retrieved 12 July 2024.