Father William Joffe made headlines for all the wrong reasons. In October 1991, he pleaded guilty in a Wisconsin federal court to two counts of bank fraud and one count of interstate transportation of a fraudulent check. His crime was diverting more than $260,000 in funds belonging to Saint Joseph in Harvard, where he had been assigned as a pastor from 1983 to 1987. The Chicago Tribune’s coverage of the ordeal revealed that some parishioners were not surprised by Joffe’s wrongdoing; he had been involved in several failed business ventures (including a horse farm, resort, and ...