Milwaukee Catholic Archdiocese files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to abuse cases

[Ian David]

Milwaukee Catholic Archdiocese files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to abuse cases
http://twitter.com/BreakingNews/status/22355572548444160


Chapter 11 Reorganization
Today, January 4, 2011, after consultation with archdiocesan advisors, Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki directed attorneys for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee to file a petition for a Chapter 11 reorganization of its financial affairs under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

More:
http://www.archmil.org/archmil/home.htm




See also:

Vatican: Pope dodges blame for child abuse: the Seventies did it
http://religiousatrocities.wordpress.com/2010/12/23/vatican-pope-dodges-blame-for-child-abuse-the-seventies-did-it/

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Don't understand. The Archdiocese is a franchise of the Vatican.

Can't one sue "the parent company"?

[Sal Minella]

2. Yeah, isn't that funny -- "Authority" flows down ceaselessly from the

Tippy Top to all underlings, but "responsibility" lies with the underlings and remains there.

The Vatican could sell off just a couple of its pilfered treasures and bail out the archdiocese, it seems to me.

[Angry Dragon]

3. Then they should have to open all their books to creditors

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. They surely have hundreds of churches in good sites they could sell

on the commercial market. Isn't this just a case of having to downsize until they've paid their debts to their victims?

[dimbear]

5. It's in the book.

Forgive us our debts.

[DeSwiss]

6. There is no protection for......

...Moral Bankruptcy.

- K&R

[rhett o rick]

7. Bankruptcy, just another way to abuse their victim's. How can anyone be a Catholic today? nm

[backscatter712]

8. This proves Geroge Carlin's classic rant Religion Is Bullshit!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeSSwKffj9o

When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, religion. No contest. No contest. Religion.

Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told.

Think about it. Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day.

And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!

But He loves you.

He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more.

Now, you talk about a good bullshit story. Holy Shit!

Am I not right on this?