The Los Angeles Times highlighted a parish in Oceanside today, in which its Bishop has been asking its archdiocese to help pay for the settlemetns that would be going to clergy abuse cases and victims. The article highlighted both supporters of the donation issue, and those who are against it, stating that the Roman Catholic Church should be paying for the mistakes that their clergy have made.
In my head, I don't understand exactly how a priest would have the nerve to ask his followers for money to support paying the penalties that their leaders should be paying. If this were my church, I would be heartbroken if my priest were asking me and other parishioners in something that I wish that the Catholic community didn't have to deal with in the first place. And as Professor Lobdell was saying, this isn't just one parish, there are several communities that have done this.
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