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The founder of one of Singapore’s richest churches has been charged in court for allegedly syphoning off nearly $19m of the congregation’s money to support his wife’s singing career.

Pastor Kong Hee, 47, faces three charges of “criminal breach of trust” relating to the misuse of funds belonging to the City Harvest Church, one of Singapore’s biggest - with a membership of over 30,000.

Kong was accused of “dishonestly misappropriating monies” from the church’s building fund over several years to support the career of his wife Ho Yeow Sun, who had tried to become a music star in the US.

Oh… “My wife made me do it!” has got to be the second oldest excuse for clerical naughtiness.