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Monsieur_Grumpe's avatar

Just wait till the Pope finds out. Someone is gonna get such a spanking.

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Good_Gawd_Yall - Unperson's avatar

I second Callyson, whenever she gets here..

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malsperanza's avatar

Wonkdoctor, your solution is nice, but I have a much simpler one. Catholics like to support religious charities, and that seems reasonable.

Costs for this house "came from the sale of other property," which is a standard procedure in the Church.* So it should be easy to fund Catholic Charities, schools, and youth ministries by selling a bit more Other Property. A 7,500-square-foot mansion with two swimming pools in Hunterdon Co. should fetch at least $10 to $15 million or so. That'll buy a lot of shelter meals.

And the nice Archbishop Myers can retire to a cozy retirement community in Newark, where he will be among his former parishoners, which will make him happy. Excellent options here: <a href="http://www.seniorhousingnet..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.seniorhousingnet.com/seniorliving-sear...">http://www.seniorhousingnet...

*See also "Assets from claimants in child abuse cases, hiding of.

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Mahousu's avatar

So a tax exemption would be handy, is what you're saying.

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π”…π”’π”’π”©π”·π”’π”Ÿπ”²π”Ÿπ”Ÿπ”ž's avatar

On that sale of church property, are they getting paid in Real Estate Dollars, not legal tender for food and child care?

They could spend it on social programs -- if they wanted to. Keep the empty envelopes coming, people!

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