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To: Skywise

“It’s an outright abuse of the RICO law.”

Really? How so?

And please understand, the plaintiffs in this case are not suing a church, or the church. They have brought an action against private parties who allegedly used their position of trust to deceptively raise money for a specific purpose, and then diverted those funds to other purposes for which the donors would have never approved. How is that any different from suing a building contractor who you pay to make repairs on your elderly next-door neighbors home, who then does not repair your neighbor’s home but uses the money to take a vacation to Hawaii?


32 posted on 03/10/2016 10:45:27 AM PST by ppaul
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To: ppaul

Um - YOU said it was a religion organization

“This may be the first time, a the leaders of a religious organization are defendants in a federal R.I.C.O. (Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act) lawsuit. This could have profound repercussions on how church leaders are accountable to their donors on where and how their offerings and donations are spent - “

It’s a religious charity ostensibly for religious purposes.

That’s why we have that pesky separation of church and state.

As for suing a building contractor.... As I pointed out before what these religious leaders did is peanuts to what our elected government officials have done time and time again. Why are they not subject to the same RICO laws?


36 posted on 03/11/2016 5:34:20 AM PST by Skywise
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