St. Matthias Interim Priest To Stay On Until Predecessor’s Criminal Finance Probe Concluded

September 10, 2019 Crime

The interim priest serving the Catholic Community of St. Matthias will stay on until the criminal probe involving the church’s former spiritual leader is concluded.

It was originally thought that Fr. Abraham Orapankal, who assumed the temporary leadership position near the end of 2018 – after the resignation of Fr. Douglas Haefner – would only serve through the summer of 2019.

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