Pastor Admits Stealing $504K From Historic Church That Survived Tulsa Race Massacre

Historic Tulsa Church Pastor Pleads Guilty to $500K Theft

The historic Tulsa-based church, Vernon AME, survived the race massacre of 1921 and was restored—only for its senior pastor to steal $504,000 from it.Read more...

Pastor Admits Stealing $504K From Historic Church That Survived Tulsa Race Massacre

Pastor Admits Stealing $504K From Historic Church That Survived Tulsa Race Massacre

‘Not Authorized’: Former Tulsa Pastor Took $504K From Historic Black Church and Blew It on Gambling and Guns, Federal Prosecutors Say

A former Tulsa pastor pleaded guilty to federal bank fraud and tax evasion after prosecutors accused him of diverting more than $504,000 from a historic […] ‘Not Authorized’: Former Tulsa Pastor Took $504K From Historic Black Church and Blew It on Gambling and Guns, Federal Prosecutors Say

Ex-Pastor Admits Taking Over $504,000 From Historic Church - NewsTmes.com.ng

(Keith Rydell Mayes. Photo by The Black Wall Street) Keith Rydell Mayes Sr., 63, the former pastor of Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has pleaded guilty to taking more than $504,000 from the historic church, which survived the 1921 Tulsa Race ma§§acre. He admitted to bank fraud and tax evasion on …

Methodist pastor admits embezzling $504k church fund, details on what he spent the money on emerge

Former pastor Keith Rydell Mayes admitted embezzling $504,313 from a historic Oklahoma church, using donations for his gambling, personal costs and firearms.