Cardinal Dolan, Chairman of Catholic Hierarchy for Romney, has some questions to answer.

It has been reported that while he was running the Milwaukee Archdiocese Dolan authorized payments of up to $20,000.00 to "unassignable priests" so that they would leave the ministry. Perhaps this was ,as the diocese claims done merely to expedite the individual's laicization and provide some help to transition from the priesthood. So maybe ok but maybe not. Dolan needs to take time off from cheerleading for the GOP and answer some questions including but not limited to:
Why were these priests "unassignable"?
What did the diocese know and when did they know whatever it was that made the priests "unassignable"?
Did the diocese ever report these priests and what they knew about them to the authorities?
Was the diocese ever questioned about the behavior and how forthcoming were they?
Did the "unassignable priests" sign a non disclosure covenant as condition of receiving the money?

I'm sure that victims' attorneys and possibly a prosecutor is going to have a full complement of questions to ask the Cardinal.

Here's a link to an article regarding the practice.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/us/cardinal-authorized-payments-to-abusers.html

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Cardinal Dolan, Chairman of Catholic Hierarchy for Romney, has some questions to answer. (Original post)	chieftain	May 2012	OP
my guess?	mitchtv	May 2012	#1
If you read the article, you can guess again.	chieftain	May 2012	#2
Cardinal Dolan, there was another option available for getting rid of "unassignable priests"	Bolo Boffin	May 2012	#3
Cardinal Blackmail to hold poor hostage!	Dawson Leery	May 2012	#4

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Thu May 31, 2012, 10:52 PM

mitchtv (17,356 posts)

1. my guess?

Drugs, alcohol, theft, and a lot of personell problems, in addition to the deviant behavior the Church is famous for. Many of which are of no concern to law enforcement.

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Thu May 31, 2012, 10:54 PM

chieftain (3,065 posts)

2. If you read the article, you can guess again.

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Thu May 31, 2012, 10:55 PM

Bolo Boffin (22,514 posts)

3. Cardinal Dolan, there was another option available for getting rid of "unassignable priests"

Making sure they found their way to prison.

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Thu May 31, 2012, 10:55 PM

Dawson Leery (8,330 posts)

4. Cardinal Blackmail to hold poor hostage!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michele-somerville/cardinal-dolan-blackmail-for-jesus_b_1554485.html

"If Timothy Dolan, president of the USCCB (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops) and cardinal of the Archdiocese of New York, is to be believed, he's ready to sacrifice the poor -- many of whom are elderly, juvenile, disabled and infirm -- in Christ's name, for the greater good of wining the war against contraception.

Let's go to the Martin Bashir video tape!

Dolan has put us on notice. He may be forced to "limit" support to the impoverished, homeless and hungry in the interest of "religious freedom" for himself and the small percentage of Roman Catholics who share his views on birth control."

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