Rat, I actually thought the opposite, that people were condemning the church, not the family.
I don't think there ever was an issue of legality (unless it's fraud) but rather more of a "scummy thing to do to people trying to help you out" mentality (assuming the principals were indeed shady). On the face of it, it does seem like they scammed the church.
Beneath the surface, the church aspect should be irrelevant because similar scams happened to Red Cross etc. That's why it so shocking for people to jump on the church's case when they're just trying to help out. I guess the bottom line, it just seems like the "victims" played the church in bad faith.
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