Newport church sues former teacher

From the Daily Pilot

A Newport Beach church is suing a prominent former UC Irvine professor whose ex-wife bilked more than $300,000 from the church over the course of four years while she worked there as a bookkeeper.

The man’s attorney claims that his client, who now teaches at Dartmouth College, in New Hampshire, is nothing more than an “absent-minded professor” who wasn’t in on his ex-wife’s scam.

“We’re not trying to punish anybody as much as trying to get whole again,” said the Rev. Bradley Steinstra, pastor of Newport Harbor Lutheran. “It’s sad that we need to pursue this … it takes a lot of time and energy away from church’s mission.”

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