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	Priest's Documentation of Spending By Michael Dinan The Advocate [Greenwich CT] January 23, 2007 http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-nor.moynihan2ajan 23,0,3298954.story?coll=stam-news-local-headlines Six months ago, the Diocese of Bridgeport hired a private accounting firm to audit St. Michael the Archangel Church. A week later, federal authorities alerted the diocese to a "hidden" bank account, with parish funds and controlled solely by the Rev. Michael Moynihan, totaling $1.4 million. Moynihan documented how $845,000 of that money was spent. He wasn't able to document, but has tried to explain, how the rest of it -Ê $528,967 -Êhas been spent. Here is a summary of the unaccounted spending: • Checks written to 'cash' or to Moynihan: $44,200 • Check payments to individuals (includes $44,800 to church employees): $88,825 • Payments to "various other payees:" $60,059 • Vendors: $194,133 • Meals: $32,476 • Travel: $18,924 • Equestrian program: $12,902 • School-related: $5,4522 • Parish-related: $44,341 • Gifts: $2,482 • (Unexplained): $25,173 Total: $528,967
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