KATC [Port Barre LA]
October 12, 2006
http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=5528422
The Lafayette diocese is "under-cutting" claims by a retired Saint Mary parish priest that Father Nicky Trahan presided over an 80,000 dollar depletion of his former church's bank account.
Trahan is accused along with Secretary Ramona Speyer of ripping off his Port Barre church to the tune of about 64,000 dollars.
Yesterday KATC spoke with retired priest O'Neil Landry, who was replaced by Trahan in 1999 at Saint Joseph church in Centerville.
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| Father O'Neil Landry |
Landry said a 200,000 dollar church account was drained by about 80,000 dollars during Trahan's short stint at the church.
However, a spokesman for the Lafayette diocese says the Saint Joseph church account stood at nearly 550,000 dollars when Trahan took over and grew to about 614,000 when he left nine months later.
The diocese also says that Trahan left Saint Joseph's in Centerville after nine months to seek counseling and therapy.
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