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	Ex-Pastor, 2 Others Suspected in Theft By Ryn Gargulinski Tucson Citizen March 28, 2007 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/46331.php A Pima County pastor may be saying extra prayers after his arrest last week for allegedly ripping off the church he once served, according to a Pima County Sheriff's Department report released Tuesday. Jose Galvan, 37, a pastor at Iglesia De Dios Sinal for about seven years, was arrested with his wife, Maria, 53, and the church's treasurer, Cristella Iguardo, 26, on Friday, the report said. The report said Galvan had recently been suspended as pastor after "improprieties," which the Sheriff's Department would not list. Instead of trying to reconcile, he announced he was severing all ties with the Church of God denomination, of which Iglesia De Dios Sinal is a part. Church officials could not be reached for comment. No address or phone number for the church was available. The report said he left with more than $100,000 from the church's bank account, an unspecified number of church vehicles and more than $60,000 in property, including musical instruments, sound and office equipment, chairs and religious articles. He was helped, it said, by his wife and the treasurer. Galvan faces two counts of theft of more than $25,000, one count of unlawful means of transportation and one count of fraudulent schemes and artifices. His wife faces two counts of theft and the treasurer one count of theft, the report said.
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