THE FORT VALE TRIBUNE / INTERNET EDITION
Religion
Church affairs, collection figures and the questions left on the books.
religion
By Peter Parkour · Tribune staff
A reported shortage leads to another collection, amplified music and more figures to reconcile.
Missing church donations have prompted an accounting inquiry by Betty and a separate attempt by private investigator Wong Gai to obtain a confession from the congregation.
Gai insisted the inquiry should take place under the roof where the money disappeared. He then turned to a competitive giving event, saying contributors’ behavior could tell him more than their explanations.
religion
By Peter Parkour · Tribune staff
The church inquiry now has two sets of figures to keep apart.
An additional church collection has given the missing-donation inquiry more money to count without settling how much was missing in the first place.
Wong Gai’s competitive giving procedure was intended to draw out a confession. It also drew out a boombox, dollar bills and a congregation whose activity made a quiet accounting exercise difficult.
