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Joe Witkowski's avatar

20th century enterprise software configured to enforce segregation of duties will heal these undiagnosed mental disorders quickly. Are parish financial directors really that much in the dark?

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Bryan Ng's avatar

What finance director? This woman was it. Above her is likely only the priest

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Joe Witkowski's avatar

HowтАЩd that nice flat organization work out for the priest? And was she more of an тАЬoffice managerтАЭ than a finance manager? A nice simple org chart never guarantees that proper financial controls (not just administrative checks and balances) are in place.

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Mary Pat Campbell's avatar

As mentioned in the article, there are some controls/oversight that could be provided by volunteers beyond the priest and paid parish staff. After all, parishes are supposed to have finance councils.

There will still be priests and parish staff who will attempt to embezzle from parishes even with best practices, but letтАЩs not provide the temptation, eh?

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