CEDAR GROVE, W.Va. -- Father Anthony Wojtus spent his retirement in a small, nondescript home in Cedar Grove and received a modest stipend from the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese.

Kanawha County Chief Tax Deputy Allen Bleigh says Wotjus led a pauper's life. Tax officials were surprised when they examined Wotjus' estate after he died in 2007 at 77 without leaving a will or known family.

They found property, cash and investments worth $1.5 million to $2 million.

Tax officials aren't sure where Wotjus' wealth came from but Bleigh says it appears to be legal.

He says he discovered that the Polish immigrant had 12 living siblings, 11 in Poland and a sister whose last address was in France.

The siblings are now seeking a share of the estate, which Bleigh says he hopes to have settled by this summer.

CEDAR GROVE, W.Va. -- Father Anthony Wojtus spent his retirement in a small, nondescript home in Cedar Grove and received a modest stipend from the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese.

Kanawha County Chief Tax Deputy Allen Bleigh says Wotjus led a pauper's life. Tax officials were surprised when they examined Wotjus' estate after he died in 2007 at 77 without leaving a will or known family.

They found property, cash and investments worth $1.5 million to $2 million.

Tax officials aren't sure where Wotjus' wealth came from but Bleigh says it appears to be legal.

He says he discovered that the Polish immigrant had 12 living siblings, 11 in Poland and a sister whose last address was in France.

The siblings are now seeking a share of the estate, which Bleigh says he hopes to have settled by this summer.