FROM TODAY’S HEADLINES…
FIRST, THIS…
Pope: Other denominations not true churches
Benedict issues statement asserting that Jesus established ‘only one
church’
MSNBC News Services
Updated: 6:52 a.m. PT July 10, 2007
LORENZAGO DI CADORE, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI has reasserted the universal
primacy of the Roman Catholic Church, approving a document released Tuesday
that says Orthodox churches were defective and that other Christian
denominations were not true churches.
AND…the SAME DAY, THIS!
LA Archdiocese To Pay $660M In Sexual Abuse Claims
KNBC-TV
Updated: 1 hour, 58 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES - Hundreds of people who claim they were abused by clergy
affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles can expect to
be paid more than $1 million each in a $660 million settlement of their
lawsuits. The deal, by far the largest settlement in the church's sexual
abuse scandal, was reached Saturday, said Ray Boucher, the lead plaintiff's
attorney. The archdiocese, America's largest, and the plaintiffs were to
release a joint statement Sunday, he said.
Jury selection for about a dozen abuse cases was to start Monday, KNBC
reported.
Another person with knowledge of the deal placed its value at $660 million,
by far the largest payout in the church's sexual abuse scandal. The person
spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the
settlement had not been officially announced.
That figure spread over about 500 claims would mean an average payout of a
little more than $1.3 million per plaintiff.
Some Roman Catholic orders -- the Servites, Claretians and Oblates -- will
be carved out of the agreement because they refused to participate,
according to the person with knowledge of the case. The settlement also
calls for the release of confidential priest personnel files after review
by a judge assigned to oversee the litigation, Boucher said.
CHECK OUT THIS LITTLE ADDED FACT…
The settlements push the total amount paid out by the U.S. church since
1950 to more than $2 billion, with about a quarter of that coming from the
Los Angeles archdiocese.
AND that $2 billion came from, where?
Jesus must be forgiving of these minor lapses in morality. After all, the
Catholic Church is the only True Church because the Infallible One has
proclaimed it so. Apparently Catholic Priests and their Superiors are not
perfect, Just Forgiven! How Conveeenient! In any other organization
operating in an open society, the entire management or governing team would
be brought down hard.
Talk about being from another planet!
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