MAJOR STUDY RELEASED ON CHURCH FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR SEXUAL ABUSE SURVIVORS
“The Economist” magazine has just released a detailed lengthy article on the finances of the Catholic Church and the devices it uses to hide money from survivors of childhood sexual abuse. You can find the well researched article at http://www.economist.com/node/21560536
The yearly spending of the Church in America is estimated to be around $170 billion for 2010 alone. The asset analysis did not include church real estate and other property holdings.
Interestingly the Delaware Church bankruptcy and others are analysed to show how the church manipulates funds to the detriment of survivors of childhood sexual abuse by its priests.
The article also notes that only 4.7% of the church’s spending is for charity for the poor and of that money 62% of it came from government funds, not church money. The church often claims that allowing justice for survivors will take money away from the poor. But in reality the great bulk of such money is coming from the government, not the church.
This article should assist those seeking window legislation for the benefit of sexual abuse survivors because it pokes holes in many of the arguments used by the church to prevent justice for survivors.
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