BOSTON – Gregory Loles, an investment adviser from Easton, was arrested by the FBI Tuesday and charged with swindling clients, including the church he attends, the St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church of Orange, Connecticut, and his fellow parishioners. The Hartford Courant reports that “Loles, 50, was charged with using the U.S. mail and federally regulated […]

A state law enacted in the wake of the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme scandal could end up helping people who may have been victimized in a burgeoning crisis at St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church in Orange. The state is investigating the possible loss of more than $1 million from the church’s coffers and from parishioners’ […]

The battle for financial transparency and accountability in St. George’s parish has spilled outside church walls to involve neighbors and potentially, the city of Troy, Michigan itself. In addition to the conflicts involving the parish priests, parish council members, the former treasurer, multiple parishioners, retired clergy, HUD, state tax authorities, the diocesan bishop and most […]

BOSTON- A financial scandal has roiled the parish of St. Barbara’s Greek Orthodox parish in Orange, Connecticut as potentially massive embezzlement of funds is being investigated. Preliminary examinations suggest at least one million dollars from the endowment and building funds being at stake. The sum might be much higher – perhaps in excess of $1.8 […]

ORANGE, Conn. Leaders of a Connecticut church held an emergency meeting to tell members that a massive amount of money has disappeared from the church’s endowment and building funds. Nearly 150 members of St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church in Orange gathered there Sunday night as church leaders described the embezzlement. The New Haven Register reports […]

ORANGE — The investigation into a potentially massive embezzlement of St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church funds is centering on the man placed in charge of the church’s investments, who has been identified by multiple sources as Gregory Loles. Loles was in charge of managing the church’s building fund and endowment, and several church members allowed […]

• Orders Parish Councils to “Disregard” All Directives Not Bearing His Signature • Labels +Mark’s Attempt to Implement Financial Controls “A Major Mistake” • Says External Audits At This Time “Not Prudent” After a four-month truce Metropolitan Philip dramatically re-opened the battle over the authority of  the diocesan bishops in the Antiochian Archdiocese by issuing […]

ORANGE — About 150 members of St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church packed the church hall Sunday night for an emergency meeting to inform members of a massive embezzlement from the church’s endowment and building funds, an attorney and sources in the congregation said. Church leaders would not identify the member of the church at 480 […]

A member of a church in Orange is believed to have embezzled close to $1 million from the parish. Over the weekend, St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church held an emergency meeting to tell its members what happened. According to the New Haven Register, the money was taken from the church’s endowment and building funds. Church […]

Orange (WTNH) – Members of Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church in Orange have turned to the FBI for help after discovering an embezzlement scheme may have drained them of a whole lot of cash. The church on Racebrook Road has been undergoing a $6 million expansion project, and as much as a million dollars may […]