As you may have heard, Rev. Joseph W. Hughes was accused today of embezzling $500,00 from his New Jersey church over the course of the last few years.
The case is quite similar to that of Rev. Charles Betts, who was also accused of embezzling about $494,000 from a New York church about a month ago.
Despite many similarities, there are two notable differences in these cases.
First, the case of Rev. Joseph W. Hughes has become an AP wire story appearing in over 50 media outlets in the first day, while the story of Rev. Charles Betts was only covered in 5 or so New York media outlets.
The other difference? Rev. Joseph W. Hughes is a Catholic priest, Rev. Charles Betts is not.
Hmmmmm. Makes you wonder doesn't it.