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Riverside Church pastor set to receive at least $500K payout after sex toy scandal
New York Post ^ | July 13, 2019 | Ebony Bowden

Posted on 07/13/2019 2:37:36 PM PDT by Morgana

Riverside Church’s outgoing female pastor is set to receive an exit package worth at least half a million dollars — after leaving her job amid allegations she bought an employee an unwanted $200 vibrator while on a work trip, The Post has learned.

The Rev. Dr. Amy Butler — who made $250,000 a year as the first woman to lead the historic congregation — will leave with 12 months’ salary, a six-month housing allowance worth $48,000 and annual retirement contributions of $59,000 for three years, according to her contract.

An email sent by the chair of the church council and seen by The Post says Butler will also get a $100,000 “separation payment”– which would take her golden handshake to a total of $594,530, when including her unused vacation payout and the $10,000 tab for her lawyer’s fees.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Evangelical Christian; Moral Issues
KEYWORDS: amybutler; riversidechruch
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Somehow that all seems sacrilegious
1 posted on 07/13/2019 2:37:36 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

$250,000 a year to the pastor?

That’s more than the entire yearly budget for many churches. Maybe even most!


2 posted on 07/13/2019 2:38:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Morgana
The look of gayness is upon her:

Maybe that dude on MSNBC needs a stand-in.

3 posted on 07/13/2019 2:50:06 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Morgana

Why? Makes no sense. I’d say this for anyone in this position.


4 posted on 07/13/2019 2:54:46 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Morgana
Why would anyone ever put another nickel in their collection plate? Imagine knowing your tithe was going to payoff this "thing".
 
5 posted on 07/13/2019 3:08:12 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (In Italia i fascisti si dividono in due categorie : i fascisti e gli antifascisti. -- Ennio Flaiano)
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To: Morgana; Gamecock; SaveFerris
That's a better deal than George got from Play Now. Except she doesn't keep her private bathroom or upper storey window.


6 posted on 07/13/2019 3:21:33 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Morgana

Satan and his demons control most American churches, and virtually all mainline churches.


7 posted on 07/13/2019 3:25:33 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Morgana
Somehow that all seems sacrilegious

No more so than calling her "Dr. Reverand." No more so than calling the place a "church."

8 posted on 07/13/2019 3:25:43 PM PDT by workerbee (America finally has an American president again.)
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To: Morgana; Gamecock; SaveFerris; FredZarguna; PROCON; Army Air Corps; KC_Lion; Big Red Badger

She was overheard saying “What do you have there, the six volt? Looks like I did you a favor.”


9 posted on 07/13/2019 3:27:43 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Morgana

Huh...

Imagine if a MAN had dragged them to a sex toy shop and bought them vibrators...

Think he’d get his half a million payout?

Gotta wonder how a disgraced priest deserves that kind of contract payout - don’t they care about the poor?


10 posted on 07/13/2019 3:44:48 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: Morgana
Employment at atheist “churches” can be very lucrative it would seem.
11 posted on 07/13/2019 3:48:20 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (A joke: Comey,Brennan and Lynch walk into a Barr...)
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To: Skywise

This is bizarre.

She did something inappropriate, against regulations, so to speak. She’s leaving because of the scandal of it all, but she’s making big bucks on the deal???

Why does she get anything at all?

Did she have hot shot attorneys to negotiate this for her?


12 posted on 07/13/2019 3:55:40 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Morgana

“But supporters of Butler told the New York Times she was let go because she spoke up against sexism and harassment — and her persistence ultimately fractured her relationship with lay leadership.”

Her supporters left out racism!


13 posted on 07/13/2019 4:03:23 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Tomorrow's Demographics will determine our future, not the past nor today!)
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To: Morgana

Oh, who got custody of the vibrator?


14 posted on 07/13/2019 4:03:49 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Tomorrow's Demographics will determine our future, not the past nor today!)
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To: kaehurowing

That is true, it has changed from a faith to a religion almost
from the start, God used it to his advantage for many years but
I think Satan now has so much control that any believer should
know to come out of them.


15 posted on 07/13/2019 4:04:23 PM PDT by ravenwolf (I)
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To: Larry Lucido

4-volt, I think. :)


16 posted on 07/13/2019 4:17:00 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Morgana

Whoever made this “pastor’s” hiring decision should also be dismissed.


17 posted on 07/13/2019 4:34:22 PM PDT by Enten (I don't have islamophobia...I do have islamonausea)
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To: Larry Lucido

As I remember
Mojo Nixon said;
“Put 220 on the
Money, Honey!”


18 posted on 07/13/2019 4:39:53 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: Morgana

Big Religion.
The SCAM that never stops taking.

You need NO intermediary to talk with G_d.
Just open your heart and talk.
He will listen.
I promise.


19 posted on 07/13/2019 5:16:06 PM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: Morgana

Who does she think she is; a school district superintendent?


20 posted on 07/13/2019 5:17:29 PM PDT by WASCWatch
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