Hall claimed that many of the travel expenses were legitimate because as a pastor, he was charged with proclaiming the gospel and representing the church in “civic matters.” Church leaders and members knew of his schedule, Hall added, including a 2010 Tea Party event.
In court documents, Hall maintained that all but 55 of the 1,186 charges being presented as fraudulent were either legitimate or done without his knowledge. The former pastor claimed that those 55 charges totaled $15,454.44, which the judge eventually ordered him to pay the church.
Last fall, Hall told Protestia he didn’t miss being a pastor, calling it “an awful existence.”
