Pastor ron sailor jr atlanta

 Church: Sailor Robbed His Flock

By Cameron McWhirter
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
March 27, 2008

http://www.ajc.com/gwinnett/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2008/03/27/sailorchurchindex_0328.html

Days before pleading guilty to money laundering earlier this month, former legislator Ron Sailor Jr.

secretly took out a $250,000 mortgage on the southwest Atlanta church where he was pastor.

The congregation had no idea what he had done, church leaders say. Now, they say they have no idea where the money is.

The deacons of Greater New Light Missionary Baptist Church were scrambling Thursday to piece together what happened and just who was the minister they thought they knew.

"It's amazing to all of us," said Jimmie Evans, chairman of the board of deacons.

"We can't believe it."

Sailor resigned his legislative post after pleading guilty March 18 in federal court. Gov. Sonny Perdue on Thursday called a May 13 election to fill the seat, which rep