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[–] Iapar@feddit.org 151 points 1 month ago

Thoughts and prayers.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 82 points 1 month ago
[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 50 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[–] jollyroberts@jolly-piefed.jomandoa.net 39 points 1 month 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.

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

Since that fable will never become reality, probably not.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

Regardless they can probably sell some shit and cover their debts

[–] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 1 month ago

good, time to disband that pedo-clown organisation

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 25 points 4 weeks ago
[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 1 month 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.

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

You can say rape and abuse

[–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 3 points 4 weeks ago

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

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 month ago

Time to start selling Indulgences again.

[–] mr_satan@monyet.cc 15 points 4 weeks ago

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

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago

I wish.

Doubt they’ll even have to sell a diocese.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 12 points 1 month ago

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

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 11 points 4 weeks ago
[–] Strocker89 11 points 1 month 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 1 month 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 weeks 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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[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 6 points 1 month 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 1 month 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

[–] LuckyPierre@lemm.ee 10 points 4 weeks ago

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

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

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

[–] beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago
  • LET
  • THEM
  • EAT
  • CAKE
[–] dumbass@leminal.space 9 points 1 month ago

Nawww poor little pedophiles.

[–] recreationalcatheter@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

Have they tried institutionally raping children and covering it up for decades if not centuries?

Oh, they have... Darn.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] rockmeat@feddit.org 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Anyway,

how was your workday?

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 6 points 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago

Happy birthday! Here's a celebratory cake 🎂

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 6 points 4 weeks ago

Maybe they can save some money by protecting fewer pedos?

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 6 points 1 month ago
[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago
[–] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 5 points 4 weeks ago

Ummmm... Fuck them?

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 5 points 4 weeks ago
[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

Thoughts and prayers.

Wait, nope, fresh out.

[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

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

[–] MacStache@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

Pfffft... Yeah right.

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 3 points 4 weeks ago

I guess those tithes just aren't paying.

[–] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month 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

[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Good riddance to bad garbage.

Start selling off your nazi gold.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Is the Vatican for sale?

[–] Dippy 2 points 1 month ago

Oh no. Well anyways

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