Villanova College history began in 1842 with the purchase of a tract of land by the Augustinian Fathers, a teaching order of the Catholic Church. Two church denominations of these seven have been responsible for the establishment of three of Delaware County’s colleges, one of them in Radnor township. The latter was established about 60 years ago in 1890, with the cornerstone of the church edifice laid on June 9, 1895. Thomas of Villanova on Lancaster Pike and St. Among the churches of the last-named denomination which have not already been named are two of more than passing interest locally. The seven major denominations in the county have been the Lutheran, Quaker, Episcopalian, Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist and Catholic.

Meanwhile, Father Gallagher is encouraging anyone with information about the person, or people, behind this scam to contact the authorities.Old churches in Delaware County, and others not so old, have been enumerated in the last two issues of this column, along with a brief listing of many of them. In fact, Deputy Chief Joseph Hagan says, 'We had a victim just recently actually sent in $20,000 worth of gift cards to a caller that came in and said they were with the IRS.' Police officials in Haverford Township say they have seen an uptick in these types of scams. The victim is then instructed to either text or email the gift card numbers.

Denis and a number of other churches across the Delaware Valley.Įach time, the scammer sends an email, sometimes even a text message, identifying himself as a local priest, and then asking the parishioner to buy random gift cards to help a charitable cause. Since then, Archdiocesan officials have learned that several church-goers have been targeted here at St. He says, 'Unfortunately this individual responded three different times and it was in excess of $2,000.' That parishioner simply wanted to confirm that Father Gallagher was, in fact, the author of emails he had been receiving asking for donations for a local charity.įather Gallagher says it pained him to say.

Denis Roman Catholic Church in Havertown says it was just a few days ago when he received a call from a parishioner. Walter Perez reports during Action News at 4:30pm on March 12, 2019. Scammers Target Local Catholic Church Parishioners.

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