Watchdog: Catholic Church transfers property worth some $100 million

[trotsky]

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/diocese-686747-church-parishes.html

The Catholic Diocese of Orange has transferred ownership of properties worth some $100 million to individual churches over recent years.

Church officials say the move aligns the laws of God’s church with the laws of man, but critics denounce it as an attempt to insulate the diocese from big payouts if it’s sued.

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“It’s a typical corporate defense measure, meant to protect assets,” said Patrick J. Wall, a former priest, Benedictine monk and legal consultant who helped shape the diocese’s $100 million settlement.

Wall said people who feel they’ve been wronged still can sue the diocese, but they’d also have to sue individual parishes as well, making the legal process more cumbersome.

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. Legally, who is/are the 'church' that now owns the property?

The head/sole priest in a parish? All priests and curates in a parish? A committee of lay people too?

What if the parish decides, for instance, to allow their priest to marry? If they own the church property they use, then they can take it with them, and tell the Mother Church where to go.

[Angry Dragon]

2. money and power is what drives the church

always has been, it will stay that way until god sends Jessa down

[trotsky]

3. He already did.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessa_Duggar

[Angry Dragon]

4. I was thinking more of Jessa from The Last Day