CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the  incorporation by reference in this  Post-Effective  Amendment
No. 1 to  Registration  Statement No.  333-128793 on Form S-8 to Form S-4 of our
reports dated March 14, 2005, relating to the consolidated  financial statements
of Sun Bancorp,  Inc. and  subsidiaries  (which report  expresses an unqualified
opinion on the  consolidated  financial  statements  and includes an explanatory
paragraph  concerning  the  adoption of  Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board
Interpretation  No.  46(R)  and  the  change  in the  method  of  accounting for
stock-based  compensation  to adopt the fair  value  recognition  provisions  of
Statements of Financial  Accounting  Standards  Nos. 123 and 148 in 2003 and the
change in the method of  accounting  for  goodwill  to conform to  Statement  of
Financial  Accounting Standards No. 147 in 2002), and management's report on the
effectiveness  of internal  control over financial  reporting,  appearing in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Sun Bancorp,  Inc. and  subsidiaries  for the year
ended December 31, 2004.



/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 3, 2006