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Last year, former directors accused Cooper of departing from Trinity’s original mission and wasting money.Accusations against Cooper included misreporting of numbers of worshippers on Sunday services; demands for a $5.5 million SoHo townhouse; an allowance for his Florida condo and a fat salary; trips around the world at church’s expense; wasting more than $1 million on development plans for a luxury condo tower; and spending $5 million on a publicity campaign. His compensation was worth $1.3 million in 2010 and it included a salary of $346,391 and deferred compensation of $507,940.In 2011, Cooper agreed to step down in exchange for lavish retirement package, but later refused to go.

Historic Trinity Church Loses Rector  was originally published on elev8.com

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