A plumber, known as Justin, who worked at the church called into a Houston radio morning 100.3 The Bull show to tell them about his shocking discovery, which comes barely seven years after about $600,000 in donations were stolen in the church and haven't been recovered.
Joel Osteen,
pastor of Lakewood Church, America's largest church has been questioned by
police after 'bags and bags' of cash and cheques were found in about 500
envelopes in a bathroom wall at the church.
Justin
said he was called in to Lakewood Church, on November 10 to fix a broken
toilet.
American
pastor, Joel Osteen is questioned by police after plumber finds bags of cash
and checks stashed in 500 envelopes in bathroom wall of his church.
'There was
a loose toilet in the wall, and we removed the tile,' he explained during the
call Thursday morning, December 2.
'We went
to go remove the toilet, and I moved some insulation away and about 500
envelopes fell out of the wall, and I was like 'Oh wow!''
American
pastor, Joel Osteen is questioned by police after plumber finds bags of cash
and checks stashed in 500 envelopes in bathroom wall of his church.
Houston
police say that cash and checks were found in the wall, and that they talked to
'everybody associated with the building' they were able to contact.
In 2014,
$600,000 worth of donations were stolen from the church. The amount was a
portion of donations made from one weekend of services and it has never been
found.
Justin
told the radio show that he informed the church's supervisors and had to wait
at the church for almost seven hours after his discovery.
'Recently,
while repair work was being done at Lakewood Church, an undisclosed amount of
cash and checks were found. Lakewood immediately notified the Houston Police
Department and is assisting them with their investigation. 'Lakewood has no further comment at this
time,' a spokesperson for the church told DailyMail.com. Lakewood Church
welcomes about 52,000 attendees across multiple services per week, and its
services are streamed worldwide.
Osteen,
58, the televangelist megachurch pastor, is estimated to be worth $50 million.
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