A man who fraudulently posed as pastor of a Hamden church, transferred the church property title to his own church and then took out a $1.15 million mortgage on the property that ultimately defaulted has been sued by Attorney General Richard Blumenthal.
Blumenthal’s lawsuit names Willie E. McKay of West Haven, Love Temple Church of Christ in Prayer Inc. of West Haven, and Foundation Capital Resources Inc. of Georgia. While not accused of wrongdoing, Foundation Capital is named because of their legal interest in the property as mortgage holder.
“This imposter pastor has literally attempted a church hijacking,” Blumenthal said in a statement. “With unconscionable and unprecedented gall, Willie McKay posed as pastor of Macedonia church and fraudulently transferred ownership of the church’s property to his own church’s name, enabling him to borrow more than a million dollars for his own purposes.”
