'Bishop Of Bling' Mansion May Become Refuge For Poor

[think]

From NPR's blog:

'Bishop Of Bling' Mansion May Become Refuge For Poor

by Mark Memmott
October 28, 201312:17 PM

That mansion in Limburg, Germany, where about $40 million was spent on renovations for the since-suspended cleric now known as the "bishop of bling" may soon be "turned into a refugee centre or a soup kitchen for the homeless," according to reports and other European news outlets...

Full post:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/28/241391104/bishop-of-bling-mansion-may-become-refuge-for-poor?ft=1&f=1001

[NuclearDem]

1. Exactly what should happen to all the megachurches here as well.

[DonCoquixote]

2. To be fair

some of the mega churches are that size because they are meant to hold 20,000 people, and have other sorts of services for them (schools, clinics, etc) Some service can dwarf a lot of rock concerts, and indeed, some mega-churches actually serve as arenas on the off days. This Bishop had no buisness makign a PERSONAL RESIDENCE that big.

[NuclearDem]

3. True. The amount of personal wealth accumulated by some men of the cloth is disgusting.

Which is why I generally despise megachurches. They're traditionally just giant homophobe factories with no genuine service to the community.

Not saying there aren't some that do serve the community--in fact, I attend a local job finding service at such a church--but those seem to be the exception, not the rule.