Monday, February 11, 2013

The bilking Dead

Well you cannot say the Los Angeles Diocese of the Catholic Church hasn't gone out of its way to compound error.
Pressed to come up with hundreds of millions of dollars to settle clergy sex abuse lawsuits, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony turned to one group of Catholics whose faith could not be shaken: the dead.
Under his leadership in 2007, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles quietly appropriated $115 million from a cemetery maintenance fund and used it to help pay a landmark settlement with molestation victims.

The church did not inform relatives of the deceased that it had taken the money, which amounted to 88 percent of the fund. Families of those buried in church-owned cemeteries and interred in its mausoleums have contributed to a dedicated account for the perpetual care of graves, crypts and grounds since the 1890s.
It's not like they could talk back, I guess.

[cross-posted at Firedoglake]

6 comments:

StonyPillow said...

Q. 1394. Why do we show respect for the bodies of the dead?

A. We show respect for the bodies of the dead because they were the dwelling-place of the soul, the medium through which it received the Sacraments, and because they were created to occupy a place in heaven.

Athenawise said...

Oh, where's a good multiplier of loaves and fishes and money when you need him?

Anonymous said...

Families of those buried in church-owned cemeteries and interred in its mausoleums have contributed to a dedicated account for the perpetual care of graves, crypts and grounds since the 1890s.

ha ha, suckers! ... serves 'em right for believing all the crazy lies and bullshit served up by the Catholic Church over the past 2000 years.

Surprise! He who would lie to you would also steal from you.








pansypoo said...

BINGO is looking kinda creepy now.

Anonymous said...

"It's not like they could talk back, I guess."

Much like those alter boys.

pansypoo said...

deaf boys turned out to be the loudest victims.