Jerusalem's Anglican Bishop Accused of Corruption
Dec 14, '06

(IsraelNN.com) The chief pastor of the Anglican community in Israel, Bishop Riah Abu El-Assal, is facing mushrooming allegations of nepotism and graft which have clouded the end of his tenure in office, church officials said Wednesday. The corruption charges, the subject of a four-month internal church committee investigation, have prompted long-time opponents of the bishop to call for his immediate resignation.

An internal church inquiry committee examined the allegations, and concluded in its 35-page report that El-Assal arranged to have a tender for the insurance policy of employees of the church's two schools located in Jerusalem and Nazareth issued to a company that promised to give half the commission to his son-in-law. The bishop's actions constituted a "dramatic combination" of nepotism and violation of trust, the report stated. the rest


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