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VanSensei
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What a shame.
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Suslar
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Of course, that article shows a nun in full habit praying the Rosary . . .what the heck???
I’m going to go way out on a limb and guess it was not a woman from a religious community that still wears the habit who did this . . . .
I’m going to go way out on a limb and guess it was not a woman from a religious community that still wears the habit who did this . . . .
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EmperorNapoleon
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I think there has been a rash of these sorts of incidents over the last several years.
Priest Steals $5.1 million from Catholic hospital.
Ontario Priest steals $180,000 from Church
Priest steals $650,000 from Church
Priest steals $380,000 from Church
Priest steals $140,000 from Church
Etc. Perhaps one of the most shocking is the Connecticut priest who stole $1.3 million from his parish and spent it on a lavish lifestyle including clothing from Armani and Saks 5th Avenue, rooms at the Waldorf Astoria, fine dining at Tavern on The Green, and male escort services.
Priest Steals $5.1 million from Catholic hospital.
Ontario Priest steals $180,000 from Church
Priest steals $650,000 from Church
Priest steals $380,000 from Church
Priest steals $140,000 from Church
Etc. Perhaps one of the most shocking is the Connecticut priest who stole $1.3 million from his parish and spent it on a lavish lifestyle including clothing from Armani and Saks 5th Avenue, rooms at the Waldorf Astoria, fine dining at Tavern on The Green, and male escort services.
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ATeNumquam
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Happens over here, too - a priest I knew well. Big shock! But I kind of understand money spent on gambling, because it’s an addiction.
nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10868155
nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10868155
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CO_Pilgrim
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Perhaps this subject is not an appropriate one for an attempt at humor, but did anyone notice the pun?
“Nun Pleads Guilty to Stealing to Pay for Gambling Habit”
“Nun Pleads Guilty to Stealing to Pay for Gambling Habit”
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Robertanthony
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Robertanthony
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You oughta be ashamed of yourself!
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CaptFun
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And somewhere a non-Catholic says: "Those Catholics … they have vestments for EVERYTHING!"
This is sad. Stealing isn’t Catholic. Having fundraisers is Catholic. Hope Sister’s problem didn’t start with BINGO!
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ATeNumquam
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Yes - not excusing a priest or nun for stealing money to gamble.
But, in a way, I would be more scandalised by money being stolen to pay for a luxurious lifestyle, because it would be more calculated and selfish.
Whereas gambling you could conceivably get hooked on and unable to resist.
Just to digress, why do we not roundly condemn people hooked on alcohol, or compulsive eating (which, unlike alcohol, is not a chemical addiction?)
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Immacolata
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This happened at a church near my town — it was all over the paper (including The Evening Sun, as featured here, although I did not read that paper, simply my local one), and it was also mentioned by the priest during his homily (when it had just been revealed), asking us to pray for him and for the Church (he had a very good point to his homily, and his request for prayer, but I cannot recall it at at the moment); I did not hear him very well and, thus, did not fully understand him (and, unfortunately, did not say my prayers for the priest and for the Church). I realized what he had been saying after I had seen this reported in the paper a few days later, I believe.
What a shame to hear of this nun committing such act. I will pray that she be truly contrite towards her sin of theft, and also that she receive proper care for her gambling addiction (it may be, however, appropriately referred to as such if she went as far to steal from her own churches to pay for it).
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hank3fan
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I bet you €500,000 no Catholic has ever had a gambling problem.
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ringil
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Oh my. I wonder if that is her picture in the article.
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ringil
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Well, that’s a silly thing to say.
What does attire have to do with a gambling addiction?
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Tampa_Dave
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You have imperfect clergy in every religion, not just Catholicism. They are human beings. I’m sure a Google search will return similar articles on non-Catholic clergy.
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CO_Pilgrim
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True–and not just in the clergy and religious ministries, but in other nonprofits, as well as for-profits. Seems like nonprofits, and especially religious congregations, might be at a greater risk due to the often more informal (lax) internal controls, which I attribute to the broad sense of trust in everyone. For fraud to happen the person has to have the confidence of management or the governing board, the opportunity to take the assets, and some thought that they need the money and will pay it back or that they deserve it–what CPAs call the “fraud triangle.”
Parishes need to pay attention to the suggested controls and procedures that their dioceses issue–in my experience, if they pay any attention to these mandates, it’s often more an after-thought. At one time we were in a small parish that did require two people to count the collection, prepare it for deposit, etc., but the two people mostly ended up being husband and wife teams. All were honest, and the finances were straight forward enough to be able to see any significant “changes” would they have occurred, but what if the counters had not been honest?
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atheistgirl
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I’m never surprised when somebody in religious life does something bad, because they’re human, and religious life as I understand it is a calling, not an exclusion zone against wrongdoing.
I am however occasionally surprised at some institutions auditing and accounting systems.
Sarah x
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Suslar
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You are right - attire has nothing to do with gambling. I did not mean to offend you.
My point was more about bias in the media. If it was a nun who did something wrong, then let’s make it look really bad by portraying a more orthodox young woman in full habit praying the Rosary!
That will get people’s attention!!!The person shown in the picture attached to the link is not the woman who committed the crime. Again, not that clothing has anything to do with crime, but it is less likely that those in full habit and living in community are out committing crimes of this type
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