[cicero2k]

This one hit close to home. Bait and switch apparently. Raise money (8 million) for a Parish Center, then spend it on a main church remodel no one wanted. I just moved to the area and the main church is spectacular as is, but I would have fallen for the new parish center fund raiser and perhaps joined the effort. Come to find out, if the article is true, that fundraising for a cause is not a contract. But there may be a fraud in the inducement angle.

I was hoping that a parish would be a lawsuit free zone.

[Da Coyote]

I”m afraid my former church is perhaps even more corrupt than in medieval times.

Not that any of the other formerly mainstream churches are any better.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

It’s a potentially ground-breaking case that’s a microcosm of a larger issue the Watchdog has been talking about lately: Churches and their tax exempt status in America.

Do away with it, then have the parishioners call their tithing a "gift" and the Church can collect up to $20,000 a year from each parishioner tax-free.

Of course the Lefties would then scream about the "gifting loophole."

[forgotten man]

That church sits on some of the most expensive dirt in California.

[surrey]

We went to a wedding here, a few years ago, and spent more time looking at the views than the bride. Spectacular.