A Catholic friar with a White Plains-based order was sentenced to five years in federal prison for a nearly decade-long scheme in which he obtained more than $500,000 in donations by claiming to ...

A Catholic friar was sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding over 350 people out of $500,000. Pawel Bielecki posed as a doctor raising money for medical needs in Lebanon. Bielecki used ...

Besonders berüchtigt war der Dominikanermönch Johann Tetzel. Mit der Parole „Sobald der Gülden im Becken klingt, im huy die Seel im Himmel springt“ soll er in der Art eines Marktschreiers ...

Johann Sebastian Bach would probably be astounded at his reputation as one of the greatest composers – perhaps the greatest composer – of all time. In his own day, he was famed chiefly for his ...