Original sentence: After a lot of time and money spent within the church, she had finally reached a level of OT V as recently as September 2007, as evidenced by a letter she wrote to fellow parishoners, seen at this link:
Edited sentence: After a lot of time and money spent (or wasted) within the church, she had finally reached a level of OT V as recently as September 2007, as evidenced by a letter she wrote to fellow parishoners, seen at this link: