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Post by Michael on May 29, 2010 2:21:34 GMT -5
Anglicare (the charity wing of the Anglican Church in Australia) gets $50 million per year from the Government on the proviso that the money is used to help the poor and needy. Then the Archbishop of Adelaide learned that the Anglican Church had to pay huge sums of cash in compensation to victims of Anglican pedophiles, but he wasn't too keen on using church money for that, so he asked Anglicare to give him the cash. Anglicare said it wouldn't look too good on the books if money destined for good works was being used to pay off Church debts. Th Archbishop "acknowledged the legal advice and then pushed for alternative ways to obtain financial support from Anglicare." Police are investigating... Full story here: www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/adelaides-anglican-church-under-scrutiny-over-payments-to-workers-victims/story-e6frea83-1225872772338
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Post by Seti on May 30, 2010 5:33:07 GMT -5
About time they thought about selling off some land, or melting down a few silver candlesticks. Or even... cutting the number of bishops and making them live a little more like ordinary people, not petty lordlings in fancy houses with chauffeurs and stuff.
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