Staccato Powell, a former bishop for the denomination's western district, convinced five California AME Zion pastors to sign ...

A former bishop and president of The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church has pleaded guilty to defrauding several ...

A former bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church pleaded guilty in connection with a scheme using church ...

Former bishop Staccato Powell, who headed several AME Zion churches in the western U.S., will be sentenced in September for a scheme to leverage millions in loans at the expense of his congregations.

The bishop took out loans on African Methodist Episcopal Zion churches in San Jose, Oakland, Palo Alto, prosecutors said.

(RNS) — Staccato Powell touted himself as an innovator who would bring a “new paradigm” after his 2016 election as an African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church bishop, assigned to oversee the ...

Staccato Powell grew up in a working-class, “God fearing” family in Hallsboro, North Carolina, the fifth son of a housekeeper and a civil service worker, according to a profile in the ...

AME Zion Bishop Staccato Powell found guilty, disrobed by Special Report July 29, 2021 January 25, 2022. Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook; ...

Staccato Powell, 62, of Wake Forest, N.C., and Sheila Quintana, 67, of Vallejo each face two counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, ...

OAKLAND – Staccato Powell and Sheila Quintana were arrested and appeared in federal court today to face conspiracy, wire fraud, and mail fraud charges stemming from an alleged fraudulent scheme ...

Staccato Powell, who presided over churches in several Western states, was removed in a vote Thursday by the denomination’s General Conference, being held in Atlanta, upholding a previous ...

“(T)he Board of Bishops announces the immediate suspension of Staccato Powell as an active Bishop of the AME Zion Church pending the outcome of a trial to be convened at the 51st Session of the ...