Around that time I was interim pastor of a congregation and I tried to establish the normal safeguards, and was resisted strongly by the vestry. The members considered the guidelines to be insulting!
To me this is just another "proof" of the divine call of the Catholic Church: without divine protection no institution run so badly would have survived as long as the Church has. What a bunch of bozos we are!
Once, After I became a Catholic (obviously) I was part of the team counting the haul at our small country church. There was a procedure with rotating counters who had to fill out a form and sign it and all. My partner for that Sunday announced that she had experience in book-keeping and was certainly not going to fill out this silly form. I finished the count, went to the bulleting board and took my name off the counting roster.
**was certainly not going to fill out this silly form.**
Sounds like pride to me....
***I finished the count, went to the bulleting board and took my name off the counting roster.***
Good call.
I was once a deacon at a large church and we had three people counting and signing off on the offerings. We also signed off on the bank statements when they came in indicating that we agreed with how much was deposited. We had a copy on file of the deposit slip and compared it with the statements.