This woman should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. That said, the pastor and church staff need to pay far better attention to the church’s finances. They could and should have caught this after the first couple of months if they had been reconciling the bank statements.
Probably a big IF there.
They weren’t looking at their bank statements at all, for her to have passed multiple large forged checks. Scammers are always drawn to places with lax oversight of money, and that includes some churches in addition to nonprofits, charities and certain governmental offices.
The churches should pay the bills directly instead of entrusting this skank with anything. Look at how much she is behind in EVERYTHING.