Posted on 04/26/2020 5:53:58 PM PDT by marshmallow
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 22, 2020 / 04:30 pm MT (CNA).- Two Catholic dioceses have filed suit against the Small Business Administration (SBA), claiming they were wrongfully denied access to emergency loans during the pandemic because of their bankruptcy status.
The New York dioceses of Rochester and Buffalo said they “will suffer immediate and irreparable harm” from being disqualified from emergency loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), in a lawsuit filed in federal court on April 15.
The $349 billion in emergency loans were part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed into law by President Trump on March 27.
The bill provided, among other things, short-term relief for small businesses and certain non-profits affected by the disruptions from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The $349 billion in relief under the CARES Act included loans that become grants if recipient employers retain their current workforce and 75% or more of the loan is used for payroll.
An SBA rule, however, stipulated that the funds would not go to bankruptcy debtors. Both the dioceses of Rochester and Buffalo have filed for bankruptcy in the past several months, after being named in hundreds of clergy sex abuse lawsuits filed under New York’ Child Victims Protection Act.
The two dioceses sued in federal court, saying that the PPP loan funding was running out while they were being ruled ineligible for the critical emergency loans. On April 16, the SBA said it would not be accepting any more PPP loan applications.
Reached by email on Wednesday, the diocese of Rochester told CNA that it declined to comment on the lawsuit “Out of respect for the court process.” A spokeswoman for the Small Business Administration said that “We do not comment on pending litigation.”
Other dioceses and archdioceses, including......
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Ask the Vatican to sell a couple paintings.
The catholic church can go straight to Hell. They’re bankrupt because of their pedophile priests. Let Rome bail them out.
Aren’t both those dioceses strapped with sexual assault law suits of their own doing?
In the book,The Good Soldier Švejk, published 90 years ago, Jaroslav Hašek tells us that it was common knowledge that a hundred years earlier the priests were molesting young boys.
All I’m saying is that this form of abuse has been going on for hundreds of years.
replacement theologist being replaced..
yea cannot say God dumped Israel and went for Catholics, not in the bible unless you enjoy stretching badly..think God has his hand on its demise for many reasons, Christ is Savior not the church, the church, popes, and Christ are not one..and if oneness was claimed it would be because of Christ returning us to Israel, not replacing them and claiming it was the Jewish disciples who removed the traditions of Israel from Catholic doctrine as some dead people who failed.. God has cursed it, and let it rot in it’s corrupt pride. Israel is the gentiles family.
Their wanting government assistance is so wrong in so many ways!
Why Churches Should NOT Take The PPP Loan From The Government!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NhKH91nvJg
Dave Ramsey says businesses should do all they can to avoid taking the PPP loans but that churches must avoid it. It gives the state - and liberals in power who hate Christianity - a rope to strangle you with until you comply.
Why Churches Should NOT Take The PPP Loan From The Government!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NhKH91nvJg
Even if the law doesn’t mandate X and Y, liberal bullies have a history of reinterpreting regulations to mean the opposite of what they say ... and forcing you to comply.
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