The Catholic Church in Norway could see its leading bishop face a prison sentence as it faces accusations that it defrauded the state of €5.7 million (approximately $6.3 million) by inflating membership numbers.
The Church is accused of bumping up its membership numbers between 2010 and 2014 by as much as 65,000 in order to receive greater state subsidies, an Oslo police spokesperson told Newsweek.
Norwegian police have charged Bernt Ivar Eidsvig, the bishop of Oslo, along with the financial manager of Oslo's Catholic diocese and the diocese itself with gross economic fraud of up to 50 million Norwegian krone (€5.7 million).
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