Accounting Committee Urges Tighter Internal Finance Controls for Nation’s Parishes

WASHINGTON (January 18, 2007)— The Accounting Practices Committee, a group of lay experts who advise the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has called for tighter internal controls over finances in the nation’s more than 19,000 parishes.

The Committee made several recommendations for parishes, which deal primarily in cash from the collection plate, and urged “effective oversight by the bishop for compliance.”