More than €40 million have gone missing in the Diocese of Magdeburg in eastern Germany, €5 million have disappeared in Limburg near Frankfurt, and it was recently discovered that a senior priest in the Diocese of Münster had 30 secret bank accounts. And while parishes throughout Germany are cutting jobs and funds for community work, many bishops are still living on the high horse. A brand-new residence? An ostentatious home for their retirement? Restoration of a Marian column to the tune of €120,000? None of these expenditures presents a problem to high-ranking church officials from Trier in the west to Passau in the southeastern corner of Bavaria, whose coffers are brimming with cash.'
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Corruption even in churches? Oh, what's new.
ReplyDeleteThese days, even the people preaching to you are thieves, imagine that.
One priest in the UK had homeless people knocking his door, so he went and put metal gates on the vicarage. Just makes you wonder why some people even bother to put on a gown.
No wonder religion is becoming more and more a laughing stock when the people you are supposed to look up to are damn criminals themselves. If it's not stealing then its paedophilia!