Greek parents too poor to care for their children

[Charronxyz]

Greece's financial crisis has made some families so desperate they are giving up the most precious thing of all - their children.

One morning a few weeks before Christmas a kindergarten teacher in Athens found a note about one of her four-year-old pupils.

"I will not be coming to pick up Anna today because I cannot afford to look after her," it read. "Please take good care of her. Sorry. Her mother."

In the last two months Father Antonios, a young Orthodox priest who runs a youth centre for the city's poor, has found four children on his doorstep - including a baby just days old.

more... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16472310

[Ghost Dog]

1. Odd (although not so much these days) that the BBC's report fails to mention this little factor:

Orthodox wealth off limits

The Greek Orthodox church which holds €70,000,000,000 in real estate and whose clergy are paid by the state is refusing to divest itself of any property during this time of economic trouble, reports France 24. Although the largest land owner in the country, the Orthodox church pays no taxes.

/... http://www.politicalworld.org/showthread.php?t=8650

http://www.france24.com/en/20110627-wealthy-orthodox-church-spotlight-amid-greek-crisis (video)

[msongs]

2. pocket chanage compared to that OTHER church a peninsula away lol nt