NEW YORK
Observer-Dispatch
By ROCCO LaDUCA
Observer-Dispatch
Posted Aug 14, 2013
UTICA —
Although the Very Rev. Stephen Enea stands accused of not paying contractors nearly $500,000 for renovations to the Italo-Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan cathedral in Utica, he insists it was always his intention to pay the bill.
But after starting the restoration work about two years ago based on a promised financial donation from a confidential source, Enea said that benefactor’s life-situation changed and he or she could no longer pay the contribution as planned.
The bills went unpaid for months, with Enea hoping that sooner or later the money would be obtained, either from the donor or through other fundraisers and contributions.
Soon the renovations at and around the Cathedral of the Theotokos of Great Grace in Cornhill were put on hold about a year ago, and the contractors finally “ran out of patience” with their demands that the archdiocese pay up, Enea said. The Utica parish has about 130 members.
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