Bruce Anthony Stark, a 62-year old pastor out of Stockton, California, has been arrested for allegedly embezzling over $100,000 from his church. Stark was the pastor at the Hilltop Apostolic Church and was arrested by the Clearlake Police Department for grand theft last week.
Stark is now in the county jail, with bail set at $40,000. He eventually posted bail and was released from custody.
The case began when members of his church reported that their pastor was stealing money from them. He’d been hired in 2002 and served between 2002 and 2007. Police Det. Carl Stein says that an investigation led them to find out about cash transactions and illegal property purchases that occurred under Stark’s watch. He also says that the pastor used the funds for his personal expenses.
A total of 26 people were interviewed in the investigation and years of bank statements were reviewed. Eventually, the case was sent to the District Attorney’s Office for prosecution.The warrant for Stark’s arrest was issued in December 2012.
Read more: All Christian News
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some psts nid 2 b punished 4 embezling church funds.u wil c ur members hawking pepper n groundnut 4rm street 2 street or door 2 door yet u gv no pity 2 dos members,wat a wicked set of piple do call leaders?4rm dat litle hawking dey sow seed,gv prophets offering yet some psts stil misuse d church fund.pastors u ar heartless.tell dis pastor 2 pay back all wat he has stolen b4 n kill him.