[JoeProBono]

John Devaney of Narragansett, R.I., claims loud church bells ruined his marriage.

[Mr. K]

Some people should have a big ‘S’ stamped on their forehead (for STUPID) so you know to stay away from them.

[NVDave]

“700 times a week?”

There’s only 168 hours in a week. Methinks he got his math wrong.

[Berosus]

I hear Mohammed had people shout from minarets because he didn’t like bells.

If this problem started before Francis succeeded Benedict XVI, this guy is suing the wrong pope.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Move.

[CrazyIvan]

He’s got the wedding bell blus.

[TaMoDee]

He’s 64?! Looks like 84. Cowboy hat in Rhode Island? One confused man.

[Alex Murphy]

A Rhode Island man has filed a federal lawsuit against Pope Francis and others, claiming the frequent bell-ringing of the Catholic church across the street has disrupted his life so much, it helped precipitate the demise of his marriage.

As my dad used to say, "hell's bells!"

[a fool in paradise]

So these bells go off 4 times an hour for 24 hours 7 days a week?

Maybe he just has a ringing sound in his ears.

[Michael.SF.]

It is all Quasimodo’s fault

[headstamp 2]

Perhaps they could move a mosque in next door and he could listen to the call to prayer all day long. He could complain about that and they could burn his house down with him in it.

[adaven]

Give that man a No Bell Peace prize.

[Paladin2]

Heaqr plugs and headphomes if you don’t want to move.

[Paladin2]

Ear plugs and headphones, if you don’t want to move.

[RedMDer]

He probably has tinnitus and the bells follow him around.

[Choose Ye This Day]

I imagine the church and its bells were there first.

[TurboZamboni]

Hairy Reed in a cowboy hat.

[Steve_Seattle]

Including the pope in the lawsuit reveals that he doesn’t know much about the structure of the Catholic Church. The pope does not regulate the operation of church bells at local parishes! If the man has a beef, he should sue the local archdiocese or - if the church is run by a religious order - he would sue the regional jurisdiction of that order.

[JRios1968]

He should call

[Steve_Seattle]

I have nothing against church bells, but if it’s true they are amplified and going off 24/7, the old coot might have a point. I think ringing the bell on the hour between 7 am and 9 pm should be plenty, or even just when a service is about to be held. And it also depends on how loud they are and what city ordinances allow. I myself have complained to city officials (with no response, of course) concerning the noise caused by overnight deliveries to a grocery store adjacent to my residential neighborhood - banging metal doors, the flatulence of air brakes, the roar of diesel engines, the thump of pallets being dropped, etc.

[Night Hides Not]

“I’m not getting any response back from the people that control the bell-ringing.”

Of course not...they can't hear you. Call them when the bells aren't ringing.