{"id":49822,"date":"2022-10-24T16:59:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T16:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/?p=49822"},"modified":"2022-10-24T16:59:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T16:59:58","slug":"ministers-gone-crazy-all-over-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/ministers-gone-crazy-all-over-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministers Gone Crazy All Over The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ministers Gone Crazy:\u00a0 New Orleans minister admits to bilking nearly $900K from his church, parishioners and school<\/h1>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Francis Akhalbey<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img class=\"CToWUd a6T\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/ci6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/R81UGw2fFSzltdQMFdWqbtsKRrV4U9bR5h-5nAah_Xuet5Mh1PO__CBb-aH3_5V-UW2Qv9SeYXldg56SVy0vvsFpmuZw3W_1JT6TKqIPr2CIDf8IDBRrXR6kPCNvUw=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/cdn.face2faceafrica.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Image-24.jpg\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rev. Charles Southall III pleaded guilty to money laundering &#8212; Photo via KALB<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A minister in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/face2faceafrica.com\/article\/the-voodoo-priestess-of-new-orleans-who-officiates-with-the-bible-and-african-traditions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/face2faceafrica.com\/article\/the-voodoo-priestess-of-new-orleans-who-officiates-with-the-bible-and-african-traditions&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1666715903852000&amp;usg=AOvVaw17JFvMNvrpk28ilP0h5QQ8\">New Orleans<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday pleaded guilty to money laundering after he was accused of bilking nearly $900,000 from his church, its housing ministries, his parishioners as well as a charter school.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/news\/courts\/article_1d14aca0-4f3e-11ed-84d4-1f5233cbe6fa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nola.com\/news\/courts\/article_1d14aca0-4f3e-11ed-84d4-1f5233cbe6fa.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1666715903852000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2cNOhr3-5CixAfkzKpyCAB\"><em>NOLA.com<\/em><\/a>, Rev. Charles Southall III is said to have used the aforementioned funds for his personal benefit. The 64-year-old admitted to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/face2faceafrica.com\/article\/magic-johnson-speaks-about-allegations-that-he-donated-blood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/face2faceafrica.com\/article\/magic-johnson-speaks-about-allegations-that-he-donated-blood&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1666715903852000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0WFEVNQ8vKocxc33UD1Tbr\">allegations<\/a>\u00a0during an appearance in a U.S. District Court.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/face2faceafrica.com\/article\/man-killed-woman-he-met-on-dating-app-and-had-sex-with-her-corpse-prosecutors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/face2faceafrica.com\/article\/man-killed-woman-he-met-on-dating-app-and-had-sex-with-her-corpse-prosecutors&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1666715903852000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0McdLQZsFiFnpSVJIPa2Zu\">Prosecutors<\/a> said Southall used his position as the church\u2019s head to obtain and steal funds from his parishioners. The funds came in the form of tithes or donations. 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He is said to have earned over $500,000 from those sales.<\/p>\n<p>Southall served as a board president of the now-defunct Edgar P. Harney Spirit of Excellence Academy. Prosecutors said that he managed to obtain funds to construct an affiliate branch of the charter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/face2faceafrica.com\/article\/from-a-school-dropout-to-becoming-the-first-african-american-to-own-chain-of-casinos-the-story-of-don-barden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/face2faceafrica.com\/article\/from-a-school-dropout-to-becoming-the-first-african-american-to-own-chain-of-casinos-the-story-of-don-barden&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1666715903853000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3klBM2K0pTgk-_kv_tFDf9\">school<\/a>. And though that school was never in operation, Southall allegedly employed an individual for the facility. Over the course of four years, more than $200,000 of that worker\u2019s pay was deposited into a joint account that was shared between the employee as well as Southall,\u00a0<em>NOLA.com<\/em>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said Southall used the $889,565 he allegedly stole to purchase a car, tickets, and other things. He has since reached a plea agreement that will see him pay\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/face2faceafrica.com\/article\/missouri-man-wrongfully-imprisoned-for-23-years-gets-800k-in-restitution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/face2faceafrica.com\/article\/missouri-man-wrongfully-imprisoned-for-23-years-gets-800k-in-restitution&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1666715903853000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0LMGY18rPW8Yj5geLZd1-c\">restitution<\/a>\u00a0to First Emanuel Baptist Church, the Spirit of Excellence Academy as well as his other victims. Southall will pay the church over $687,000. The church, on the other hand, will receive around $85,000 while he will pay his other victims over $110,000.<\/p>\n<p>Southall also faces a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/face2faceafrica.com\/article\/inmate-in-georgia-maximum-security-prison-impersonates-billionaire-to-steal-11m-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/face2faceafrica.com\/article\/inmate-in-georgia-maximum-security-prison-impersonates-billionaire-to-steal-11m-report&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1666715903853000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1y6FYeDQI_O0Ax9yoJ_2aD\">prison<\/a>\u00a0sentence of up to 10 years. His sentencing date has been set for January 17.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ministers Gone Crazy:\u00a0 New Orleans minister admits to bilking nearly $900K from his church, parishioners and school Francis Akhalbey Rev. Charles Southall III pleaded guilty to money laundering &#8212; Photo via KALB A minister in\u00a0New Orleans\u00a0on Tuesday pleaded guilty to money laundering after he was accused of bilking nearly $900,000 from his church, its housing<a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/ministers-gone-crazy-all-over-the-world\/\"> Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[860,788,1],"tags":[799,1158],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49822"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49822"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49825,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49822\/revisions\/49825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}