Archbishop Lori: Bransfield Used Diocesan Funds for Personal Gain
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WHEELING — Former Wheeling-Charleston Diocese Bishop Michael Bransield “engaged in a patter of excessive and inappropriate spending” of diocesan funds during his 13-year tenure as bishop, a letter released today by Archbishop William Lori.
Bransfield initiated and completed extensive and expensive renovations to his private residences in both Wheeling and Charleston, as well as his intended retirement residence, the construction of which was halted at my request at the time of my appointment as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese. The investigation further found that Bransfield misused church funds for personal benefit on such things as personal travel, dining, liquor, gifts and luxury items.
