Police Find Fortune In Cash Hidden In Lavish Home Of Catholic Priest

Wehrle Jonathan Turley – In a moment reminiscent of the William Jefferson freezer cash seizure, police in Williamston (Michigan) have reported the discovery of $63,392 in cash during a second search of the home of Rev. Jonathan Wehrle.

He is a Catholic priest charged with embezzling more than $5 million from an Okemos parish.  To make matters worse for Wehrle, the cash was still in bundles of $2000 with paper bands reading “For deposit only – St. Martha Parish and School.”  There is a time to pray and a time to plea.  This would be the latter.What is astonishing is that Wehrle was openly living in a lavish 11,000-square-foot mansion.  Pictures of the estate can be seen here.  A rather conspicuous abode for someone making roughly $40,000 a year with a vow of poverty.

Lawrence Nolan

The bundles were composed of $20 bills.  So far, more than $1.1 million in assets has been seized by police. Continue reading