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[–] Iapar@feddit.org 151 points 3 months ago

Thoughts and prayers.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 82 points 3 months ago
[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 50 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Paying out legal claims and bribes from all the sexual abuse scandals are not cheap.

[–] jollyroberts@jolly-piefed.jomandoa.net 39 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Bullshit. They own more land than damn near any other entity on the planet. The whole celibacy thing was so the priest could not take the church owning and give them to non-church kids.

Hurting for money? Sell some land. Then pay for the abuse lawsuits some more.

[–] blindsight 1 points 3 months ago

Bankruptcy seems like a stretch, indeed. But those assets are largely not income generating, aside from donations and tourism. With those on the decline, their value situation is worsening.

Hopefully, they'll be forced to sell their "priceless" artifacts until there's nothing left.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 34 points 3 months ago
[–] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

One the planets largest landlords going bankrupt? I imagine they can cover the spread and still dress like trans-wizards until the lord returns.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Since that fable will never become reality, probably not.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 6 points 3 months ago

Regardless they can probably sell some shit and cover their debts

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 25 points 3 months ago
[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 3 months ago

Those grifters have had a good run for two millenia. As scams go, I'd say it was pretty successful - and still is, sadly.

[–] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 3 months ago

good, time to disband that pedo-clown organisation

[–] beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Anyone think this is some independently verified fact?

THEY’RE CLAIMING THIS TO GET OUT OF PAYING ALL THE LAWSUITS they get because of all the r4pe & 4bus3 of little children

[–] threeduck@aussie.zone 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You can say rape and abuse

[–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago

Just as they can choose not to. That's the beauty of free will.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 3 months ago

Probably the best news I've read so far today.

[–] mr_satan@monyet.cc 15 points 3 months ago
[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 months ago

Time to start selling Indulgences again.

Just ask god for money? I mean, isn't it omnisicent and omnipotent?

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 12 points 3 months ago

Oh, no. Guess they'll have to sell some of those golden trinkets they have

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago

I wish.

Doubt they’ll even have to sell a diocese.

[–] Strocker89 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Are you sure it's not because you've had to pay billions of dollars in settlements for priests raping children?

Are you sure that's not why?

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 4 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I don’t think the victims are getting paid that much. Our society has gone from “if someone powerful did something to you then you did something wrong” to “okay maybe they were wrong for that” but we’re still a ways away from “and they should pay a real price.”

[–] Strocker89 1 points 3 months ago

That wasn't a comment on the politics of the situation, the church just had to pay $800 million in California in restitution for their crimes. The Catholic church has spent billions of dollars settling lawsuits and criminal cases.

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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago
[–] LuckyPierre@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago

I'm going to need a really, /really/ small violin.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It could be. I haven't heard of the Irish Star. I couldn't decide whether it was bullshit propaganda designed to sound Pope Francis sound like a problem, bullshit propaganda designed to attract clicks and nothing else, truth presented with the goal of making Pope Francis sound like a problem, or what really happened. I decided to post it and stop worrying about it.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 7 points 3 months ago

Being owned by Reach plc is definitely not a reassuring sign of credibility. Highlights of other news outlets they own include the Daily Star straight up inventing an interview with Dwayne Johnson in 2019, the Daily Express having such a bizarre obsession with Princess Diana that they still pt her name in the headlines about once a week to this day, and the Daily Mirror seemingly doing its "journalism" primarily by the method of hacking into celebrities' personal voicemails throughout most of the 00s

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 9 points 3 months ago

Nawww poor little pedophiles.

[–] beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 months ago
  • LET
  • THEM
  • EAT
  • CAKE
[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago

I'm sure God will save them .... by wiring them a few billion dollars

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] rockmeat@feddit.org 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Anyway,

how was your workday?

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I work weird days, Friday-Monday, so this is like the last day of my weekend. Also my birthday! So, not too bad. How about you?

[–] Presently42@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

Happy birthday! Here's a celebratory cake 🎂

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 6 points 3 months ago
[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 6 points 3 months ago
[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

Maybe they can save some money by protecting fewer pedos?

[–] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

Ummmm... Fuck them?

[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago

Thoughts and prayers.

Wait, nope, fresh out.

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 5 points 3 months ago
[–] MacStache@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

Pfffft... Yeah right.

[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

It's like watching the country collapse, i guess.

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

I guess those tithes just aren't paying.

[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Good riddance to bad garbage.

Start selling off your nazi gold.

[–] Dippy 2 points 3 months ago

Oh no. Well anyways

[–] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

And it has nothing to do with the afghan opium money they used to launder, but now no longer exists after taliban kicked the US out

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Is the Vatican for sale?