Give and ye shall receive

Susan Grossey may be contacted on +44 (0)1223 563636, susan@thinkingaboutcrime.com, www.thinkingaboutcrime.com

Temptation to fleece the faithful is apersistent feature of our unholy history – ‘Radix malorum est cupiditas’(‘Greed is the root of evil’), Chaucer’s avaricious Pardoner shamelesslypreaches – and will there ever be better cover for laundering than a religiousfoundation? Sue Grossey recounts some venal tales that almost beggarbelief.