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- Editorial -
"Catholic Priest Scandal"
Above headline is taken
from a news release
but its misleading
Table of
Contents
* Cover Up -
Conspiracy
* Being Fair
* Loop Hole
* Of all institutions
to not pay a Debt
* Money is just Money
* Am I going deaf?
* Cost so far
Cover Up - Conspiracy
This is called a Catholic Priest
Scandal, but this does not tell but part of the story. These Priests
could not have stayed in a place of harm, if their superiors had not
covered up for them.
Many of them were caught years ago,
sued and made payoffs to plaintiffs and their parents by the 1. Local
Diocese or Archdiocese, 2. the Person holding the purse strings,
3. the Bishop or 4. the Cardinal.
Most of the time these perverted
Priests were simply moved to another parish, enabling them to set up another
perversion shop. They could not have gotten away with their
sick sin for so long if their "Boss" had not allowed them
to carry on.
This is why the Dioceses or
Archdioceses were sued in the past few years and easily collected
on. The law recognized that the priests could not have done
this without their superiors being knowledgeable.
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Being Fair
Any church or denomination can have
some bad apples and they ALL do. But no one is allowed to
cover it up and move the violators around to continue their dirty
work.
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Loop Hole
Now they have found a loop hole to
stash and protect their money, Bankruptcy. Each Diocese or
Archdiocese is allowed to shout "Bankruptcy!" when the numbers began to
get too high, as if the Catholic Church does not have enough money
to pay their honest debts. These Dioceses and Archdioceses want to act
as if they are completely independent of Rome, so they can protect
the Billions in treasure amassed over the last 1200 years.
Just in land holdings and royalties, rents, leases, etc., they are
richer than all the other religious organizations of the world put
together. This does not count the cash, gold, art and
antiquities. Nor does it count the Billions per year collected
every Sunday morning and sent to Rome.
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Of all institutions
to not pay a Debt
The following is a list of some known
court demanded payouts. But don't let the word "payout" fool
you either. They have not paid everything they owe, because of
bankruptcy protection. This is the most difficult part for
most to fathom. How can a church of Jesus Christ neglect to
pay what it has agreed to pay, because of a loophole protection? A
church, any church, should be willing to GIVE all that it has, if it
owes it. Or even if not owed but is needed by someone.
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Money is just Money
We are not talking about just cash. But admission to
guilt. In some of these law suits, the Catholic Church has
paid part or all of what they owed, but will not admit to guilt, for
fear of future law suits. How can a church preach confession
of sin and not admit to their own sins.
God is not giving them or anyone else
a "bye" or a "King's X" for admission to sin so it will not cost a
"church" millions more.
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Am I
going deaf?
Are you as incensed by all of this as I am? I don't think you are,
because I just stuck my head out of the window and I didn't hear you
shouting.
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Cost so far
Sex Abuse Lawsuits
US Catholic Church has paid out (not yet paid all) at least $2.1 Billion
These are some of the largest KNOWN payouts since 1950.
There have been many, many other payouts or promises, which never made it to
court.
Archdiocese of Los Angeles, CA
$600 Million to 500 people
2007
$1.2 Million each
Diocese of Orange, CA
2004
$100 Million to 90 people
$1.1 Million each
Diocese of Covington, KY
2006
$84 Million to 360 people
$233,333 each
Archdiocese of Boston, MA
2003
$84 Million to 552 people
$152,000 each
Archdiocese of Oakland, CA
2005
$56 Million to 56 people
$1 Million each
Archdiocese of Portland, OR
2007
$52 Million to 175 people
$297,000 each
Archdiocese is emerging from Bankruptcy protection
Set aside another $20 Million for future claims
Diocese of Spokane, WA
2007
$48 Million to 150 people
$320,000 each
Diocese is emerging from Bankruptcy protection
Diocese of Sacramento, CA
2005
$35 Million to 33 people
$1.06 Million each
Archdiocese of Louisville, KY
2003
$25.7 Million to 243 people
$106,000 each
Diocese of Tucson, AZ
2005
$22 Million Trust to 50 people
$440,000 each
Diocese is emerging from bankruptcy protection
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G. Steven
Andres
Psalms 45.17
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