Tuesday, August 28, 2007
OFF-BOOKS LOAN TO SECRETYARY
AP writer Thomas J. Sheeran reports at Ohio.com that Bishop Pilla was aware of the off-book financial dealing:
The former top financial and legal officer of the Cleveland Catholic Diocese testified Tuesday that he arranged a $60,000, off-books loan to his secretary in a transaction approved by the bishop.
Rev. John Wright said he put together the loan to his secretary in the mid-1990's and Bishop Anthony M. Pilla, now retired, signed off on the idea.
"We didn't tell him the specifics, but he told us to work it out," Wright testified during the trial of Anton Zgoznik, the diocese's ex-accountant.
