Just as Rabbi Milecki repeatedly endeavoured to sheet home the blame for the shul’s financial predicament on the past Boards, the Rabbi and his supporters are attempting to absolve the Rabbi of all responsibility for the Shul’s predicament and are trying to thrust responsibility for the Shul going into liquidation onto the secured creditors. The Shul’s perilous financial predicament has accumulated over many years. Wages, as a percentage of income, is grossly out of proportion to all comparable Australian synagogues and ongoing adjusted net losses incurred since 2009 total $1.8 million (per independent insolvency firm McGrath Nicol report to the congregation in February 2017). Rabbi Milecki has been a shadow director for the past 32 years – he, himself, says that he was the “driver” of all initiatives.

The Rabbi has been aware of the dire financial situation since at least 2014.
Rabbi Milecki stated in his 2014 offer to the board “The synagogue is overcommitted financially leading to annual deficits” and went on to state “for all intents and purposes, I have been the driver (with the support of the board) of all major and minor initiatives for 30 years”.

It appears that the Rabbi’s two most outspoken and voluble supporters know better than the two highly respected insolvency experts Anthony Elkerton (the Administrator) and Barry Kogan (partner at McGrath Nicol) who have been through the books and records of the Shule. There is no point in calling for the Board or the Finance Committee’s resignation. The only person that has any powers is the Administrator. In the absence of any agreement for Rabbi Milecki to leave, the only way ahead is liquidation.