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Pastors sue AME Church over missing retirement funds

Bishop Wilfred T. Messiah delivers an invocation during the opening worship service at the African Methodist Episcopal Church conference, July 6, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. Retired pastors have filed at least two federal lawsuits in recent weeks against the African Methodist Episcopal Church and several subsidiaries and financial firms the church used, claiming tens of millions of dollars from a pension fund were mismanaged and missing. (AP Photo/John Raoux, file) Bishop Anne Byfield, front right, President of the Council of Bishops, speaks during the opening worship service at the African Methodist Episcopal Church conference, July 6, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. Retired pastors have filed at least two federal lawsuits in recent weeks against the African Methodist Episcopal Church and several subsidiaries and financial firms the church used, claiming tens of millions of dollars from a pension fund were mismanaged and missing.(AP Photo/John Raoux, file)
Pastors sue AME Church over missing retirement funds