Man, that's terrible!! AND $700,000 is a huge chunk of money. They belong in jail. Crooks are in all walks of life.
Speaking of thieves & churches and on a much much smaller scale.... When we first moved to CA there was an activity at our church in which everyone bought a dish or dessert to pass. I made a cake. I taped my name to the bottom (which they suggested to do) When I went the next day to pick up my cake tin. It wasn't there. The lady at the church calmly said, "oh well, somebody probably just took it home." It's not the tin which was not expensive and wasn't worth pursuing, but I was taken aback that somebody would steal something like that from a church activity. I mean would you ever take money out of the collection basket?? No!!!!
TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
It's not the tin which was not expensive and wasn't worth pursuing, but I was taken aback that somebody would steal something like that from a church activity. 
I mean would you ever take money out of the collection basket?? No!!!! 
