I Am Going To Be In Such Trouble!
Posted by: tony on 09/11/2007 10:49 PM
Updated by: tony on 09/11/2007 10:49 PM
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Expires: 10/12/2007 12:00 AM
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I have been reading stories about the nuns that are going to be evicted from their convent because of the sex abuse settlement in the diocese of Los Angeles.
All of the reports from my regular reads have been outrage. It is outrageous that the diocese had to settle, due to the rampant sinfulness of a relatively few priests.
As I was reading the article, something jumped out at me:
The Santa Barbara County assessor's office lists the property's value at $97,746, although it seems likely to sell for more, if a sale goes through. Even the small, older homes near the convent start at about $700,000, according to the Zillow real estate appraisal website.
Holy cow! Almost 3/4 of a million dollars. But that's ok, if you are housing a lot of nuns, but then I read this...
The third nun, Sister Margarita Antonia Gonzalez...
The third nun?!?!?! There are three nuns in a 3/4 of a million dollar home?
I'm sure that if the diocese looked around, they could find a neighborhood where the three nuns could live for substantially less money than 3/4 of a million dollars. They could probably pay for a brand new Cadillac to get the sisters to their mission territory and still bank a cool half million.
Do the Sisters of Bethany take a vow of poverty?
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