Michigan Priest Financially Rapes Parishioners To Build $4 Million Mansion
Michigan Priest Making $42,000 Financially Rapes Parishioners To Build $4 Million Dollar Mansion
Michigan Priest Jon Wehrle is proud of his prowess as a builder. He especially proud of his $4 million masterpiece home in the rural outskirts of Lansing, Michigan.
The two-story, stone-façade house has eight bedrooms and 12 bathrooms. It also has a library and a wine cellar. Like other luxury homes, it also has an indoor swimming pool and wood-paneled elevator.
The 11,300-square-foot home boasts granite counter tops, limestone fireplaces, and walnut hardwood floors. In addition, Wehre installed crystal chandeliers and stained-glass windows.
The Michigan priest also lived in the mansion. Local real estate brokers estimate the mansion was worth $4 million.
How could a priest from rural Saint Martha’s Parish who earned $42,000 a year afford this house? A house that even Pope Francis would shun.
Investigators say Jon Wehre had pilfered the Sunday collection plate for at least two decades. Prosecutors also say an audit found $5 million missing from church coffers
Wehrle was charged with six counts of embezzlement.
The Diocese of Lansing may have missed several chances to stop the pilfering according to depositions and police reports.
In 2007, Wehrle was embroiled in a lawsuit with a contractor. The contractor alleged Wehre failed to pay his bill.
Wehrle stated in a deposition in the 2007 lawsuit he used church checks to pay for the home. He said he switched money from his personal bank account to the church account and paid contractors from the church account.
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