MICHIGAN
Associated Press
August 29, 2020
An auction was held Saturday at the Lansing-area mansion of a Catholic priest who was accused of embezzling millions of dollars before he died in March while awaiting trial.
There were nearly 1,000 items for sale, including about 100 pieces of furniture from the six-bedroom home, the Lansing State Journal reported.
“It’s about four sales in one with the amount of stuff that’s out here,” auctioneer Mel White said.
The Rev. Jonathan Wehrle was pastor at St. Martha Church in Okemos.
He lived in a 12,000-square-foot mansion in Wheatfield Township, near Williamston, which included an indoor pool, an elevator, baby grand pianos, a pipe organ, three sets of washers and dryers and enough kitchen supplies to outfit a restaurant, the newspaper reported.
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