WABASHA, Minn. — Police have gone into bank accounts controlled by a Wabasha priest who reportedly was shaking down parishioners for money. The warrant gave investigators access to the priest’s BMO Harris bank accounts. Police have declined to comment on the investigation, but details were in a court-ordered search warrant that had become a public document. The Winona-Rochester Diocese of the Catholic Church declined a request for comment. So did Wabasha Police Chief Joe Stark and Sheriff Rodney Bartsh. These allegations were in the warrant:
> A couple told police that Prince Amala Jesuraja Jebamlia Selvaraj, kown locally as Father Prince Raja, asked for $5,500 for surgery for his mother in India. Raja asked the couple not to tell anyone because he could lose his job for asking parishioners for money.
> A woman said Father Raja “got her too.” The amount she gave was not specified in the warrant.
> A man told police his mother had given the pastor $2,3oo ostensibly to pay taxes.