St. Jude the Apostle Parish has announced a refund process for those who purchased 2024 Winavette tickets in what turned out to be a bogus game of chance.
According to a statement from the Diocese of Erie, the decision comes after an internal audit and an ongoing investigation by the office of the Erie County District Attorney into how former parish priest Father Ross Miceli executed the raffle.
The raffle winner was to get the Corvette or a $50,000 cash payment. According to the investigation, Father Miceli named a fictitious person in Detroit as the winner and said that person took the cash…