re: Catholic parishes, charities will be asked to give $60M to church bankruptcy settlement

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Imagine taking 20%+ from rape and molestation victims.

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They would say 80% of something trumps 100% of nothing, which is what you would have without them.

I don’t know about y’all’s Catholic Church, but mine allows me to dictate what my charitable donations go to. We are given an envelope and can choose which initiative the contribution goes to. I contribute mostly to the needy and less fortunate in our area directly as opposed to the general coffers. I’m sure my church is not unique in this.

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“Well Braxxten, since the Priest raped and sodomized you we are going to give you a NEW HOUSE! Tell him about it Johnny.”

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The current proposal is "well Braxxten, we're going to cut you a check".

This whole thing is fricked up. Thinking that the church is just like some corporation and that the parishioners are like stockholders is just ridiculous.

I truly feel terrible for the people who were molested. I know two grown men who are in the class-action. Good dudes.

But WHY DO I have to dig into my pocket to pay them and their lawyers? Both of them are way more well-off than me. And my own history of being molested by a neighbor doesn’t make me feel any better about it.

Money is not going to mend the pain those guys feel. And taking it from fellow parishioners and damaging the charitable mission of the church feels downright evil.

Grok says:

A 2007 report from church insurers noted about 260 annual abuse reports in Protestant churches compared to 228 in Catholic ones, despite Protestant churches having more members (60 million vs. 51 million in the U.S.)

No one should be asked to contribute to a bankruptcy settlement with out a very detailed plan that lines out why it happened and how it won’t happen again.

I doubt that happens but I also don’t doubt they will be bailed out by blind followers.

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3 of the parishes in the Archdiocese are running on fumes. This will be paid mostly by parishes like St Catherine and Holy Name.

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Rumors are the holy name church might have to be sold

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God it must suck to give your hard earned money to a sect that pays for the scum of the earth. I don't know how I would sleep at night.

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Democrats?

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This will be paid mostly by parishes like St Catherine and Holy Name.

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I will riot

Uh, that’s gonna be a no from me Bud. The popes, priest and church hierarchy created this problem. Let them sell some of the art treasures at the Vatican to pay for this.

This is not the Catholic rank and file parishioners problem.