Handling of US$2M Sacred Heart fraud case troubling

The rebuilding of the Sacred Heart Church is ongoing

Disappointed by the dismissal of the US$2 million Sacred Heart Church fraud case, Roman Catholic Bishop Frances Alleyne says the inability of the judicial system to gather the necessary evidence is troubling.

“The initial reaction was one of strong disappointment. I find it alarming. Here it is that it was thrown out of court… so, there is something about the judicial system that is not able to garner the necessary evidence, so that itself is very troubling,” Bishop Alleyne told Stabroek News in a recent interview.

The perpetrators of the fraud tried to secure millions of dollars through a bogus insurance claim they filed with the GuyFlag Insurance Company after the 2004 Christmas day fire that destroyed the