Pick-Pocketin’ Preachers! 10 Black Churches Caught Up In Embezzlement Scandals
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Kimberly Gedeon
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church (Florida)
Johnny Murff is a pastor-turned-mugshot model. Why? Over a span of one year and five months, Murff decided to stick his hands into the cookie jar and steal $5,567 from his own faithful New Hope congregation. An investigator found that the 37-year-old preacher used the tithes to pay for his cellphone and electric bills. According to Lake Ledger, Murff was released from prison on May 4 after posting $1,000 bail.
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