[xzins]

Looks like their lawyer lost.

At $650 an hour, you’ve gotta wonder what the church’s legal fees were over the course of this to add on top of their 100+ million separate payouts + this $666 million payout.

I’ll bet they’ve got a BILLION DOLLARS of offering plate money, property, savings, and investments from their members absolutely wasted. Might as well just flushed it down the commode.

And did their members even get any change for all this money. Nope. Not a bit. They left the same crew in charge.

It’s mind boggling. The pope’s have had their heads up their posterior anteriors.

[P-Marlowe]

I think the biggest difference between a $650 per hour lawyer and a $200 per hour lawyer is that the $650 per hour lawyer will convince you that he can, (by virtue of his prestige and high fee) win a case that you are certain to lose, and a $200 per hour lawyer will tell you your case sucks and you need to settle out early.

It's nice to see that the LA RCC is getting screwed at both ends since they seem to have been doing that to their parishioners for so many years

[Dr. Eckleburg]

The popes have had their heads up their posterior anteriors.

That certainly is likely, but it's not the reason for the RCC's disgusting behavior. None of these popes is ill-informed. None of these popes is naive. None of these popes is not in complete control.

This pope, most especially.