July 25, 1996

Episcopal Church Treasurer Sentenced to Five Years for Embezzlement

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Episcopal News Service

[Former National Treasurer...]
Former National Treasurer Sentenced to Five Years. Ellen Cooke, who served as treasurer for the Episcopal Church from 1986 until 1994, leaves the United States District Court in Newark, New Jersey, July 10, accompanied by several supporters, after being sentenced to five years in prison for embezzling more than $2 million from the church. (Episcopal News Service photo by Scott Lituchy/The Star-Ledger. For use in Episcopal publications only.)