Archdiocese to seek $200 million from parishoners to pay for scandal
Photo ~ It remains to be seen if parishioners will pay the costs of the scandal. Archdiocese to seek $200 million from parishoners to pay for scandal The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is seeking ways to …More
Photo ~ It remains to be seen if parishioners will pay the costs of the scandal.
Archdiocese to seek $200 million from parishoners to pay for scandal
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is seeking ways to raise $200 million to help pay expenses related to the sex abuse scandal and cover up perpetrated by Cardinal Mahony and others in the hierarchy. Archbishop Gomez has contracted with a New York firm to study the feasibility of a fundraising campaign.
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Archbishop Gomez and Catholics across the archdiocese are seeking to put behind them the sex abuse scandal that has stemmed from abusive priests who molested children during the 1970s and 80s. Those incidents of abuse were systematically covered up and unreported to authorities as Cardinal Mahony and other church officials sought to protect the reputation of the church.
Those cases and their cover up resulted in a civil suit in which a judge leveled a $660 million verdict against the archdiocese. To pay the …More
Archdiocese to seek $200 million from parishoners to pay for scandal
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is seeking ways to raise $200 million to help pay expenses related to the sex abuse scandal and cover up perpetrated by Cardinal Mahony and others in the hierarchy. Archbishop Gomez has contracted with a New York firm to study the feasibility of a fundraising campaign.
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Archbishop Gomez and Catholics across the archdiocese are seeking to put behind them the sex abuse scandal that has stemmed from abusive priests who molested children during the 1970s and 80s. Those incidents of abuse were systematically covered up and unreported to authorities as Cardinal Mahony and other church officials sought to protect the reputation of the church.
Those cases and their cover up resulted in a civil suit in which a judge leveled a $660 million verdict against the archdiocese. To pay the …More
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Wow - given what we all have gone through with this man it is not hard for me to understand that he has asked us to pay for this!
How did this man and the man before him, Cardinal Manning, get appointed to this position within the our Church. Who did the recommendations and who appointed them? I think a good house cleaning is in order. Cardinals Mahony and Manning needs our prayers. May Our Lord …More
Wow - given what we all have gone through with this man it is not hard for me to understand that he has asked us to pay for this!
How did this man and the man before him, Cardinal Manning, get appointed to this position within the our Church. Who did the recommendations and who appointed them? I think a good house cleaning is in order. Cardinals Mahony and Manning needs our prayers. May Our Lord have mercy on them and us.
How did this man and the man before him, Cardinal Manning, get appointed to this position within the our Church. Who did the recommendations and who appointed them? I think a good house cleaning is in order. Cardinals Mahony and Manning needs our prayers. May Our Lord have mercy on them and us.
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Somehow I don't believe what is in the news or in the media. They just want to destroy the Catholic Church.
About the Pope and all? more anti-catholic talk.
About the Pope and all? more anti-catholic talk.
NOT ON YOUR LIFE !!!!!! The "powers that be" covered up for the horrendous cost incurred, therefore, it is their obligation to pay, not the Faithful who were injured by this conduct.
You don't know where the whereabouts of Mahoney is now? Check the vatican, he probably got a promotion, as was with Levada and many others.
"Never forget Hilaire Belloc's description of the Catholic Church: "An institute …More
NOT ON YOUR LIFE !!!!!! The "powers that be" covered up for the horrendous cost incurred, therefore, it is their obligation to pay, not the Faithful who were injured by this conduct.
You don't know where the whereabouts of Mahoney is now? Check the vatican, he probably got a promotion, as was with Levada and many others.
"Never forget Hilaire Belloc's description of the Catholic Church: "An institute run with such knavish imbecility that if it were not the work of God it would not last a fortnight."".
You don't know where the whereabouts of Mahoney is now? Check the vatican, he probably got a promotion, as was with Levada and many others.
"Never forget Hilaire Belloc's description of the Catholic Church: "An institute run with such knavish imbecility that if it were not the work of God it would not last a fortnight."".