Investigators with the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General’s Insurance Fraud Division searched a Pittston, Pa., pharmacy owned by an ex-priest that is also the focus of a civil suit filed by a local Blue Cross affiliate.

New Life Home Healthcare, owned by Gregory Malia, 44, of Jenkins Township, Pa., was searched earlier this week, a spokesman for the attorney general’s office told the New York Daily News. The spokesman would not comment on the reason for the search.

Malia, who serves as New Life’s president and CEO, was removed from his priestly duties with the Dioceses of Bethlehem Episcopal Church after the Daily News ran a story earlier this year on his big-tipping and champagne-filled sprees at New York nightclubs.

In July, Malia was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment for pulling out a gun during a fight with his daughters and their boyfriends at a Jenkins Township tavern, according to published reports.

The pharmacy, which specializes in medications for those with bleeding disorders, including hemophilia, was sued in 2007 by Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania, which alleged improper billing for medications provided to three of its employees.

The $3.6 million suit, filed in Luzerne County, Pa., alleges the pharmacy submitted claims for prescriptions for Malia and two employees despite knowing other insurance programs were to cover the payments, according to reports.