To Protest Foreclosures, San Jose Priest Divests $3 Million From Bank of America

[marmar]

To Protest Foreclosures, San Jose Priest Divests $3 Million From Bank of America
Posted on Nov 17, 2011


Father Eduardo Samaniego, the Jesuit pastor of Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in San Jose, Calif., protested foreclosures by Bank of America against those in his flock and beyond by moving $3 million of his parish’s funds to a local credit union.

RealtyTrac.com, which compiles foreclosure figures, reports that Most Holy Trinity’s ZIP code had 1 foreclosure filing per every 271 “housing units” in September. That number is higher than that in surrounding Santa Clara County, which stands at 1 per 441. ..............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/to_protest_foreclosures_priest_divests_3_million_from_bank_20111117/?ln

[xchrom]

1. Excellent! Nt

[demosincebirth]

2. Ditto!

[Bozita]

3. When I read the OP headline, I thought "That's gotta be a Jesuit!"

And I was correct.

A lot of them have real guts.