Dolan Calls Child Victims Act "Unjust" To Church

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10. The Catholic Church is land poor.

They have a lot of land and buildings, some of which are falling into disrepair. They have a lot of relics and beautiful works and illuminated manuscripts which require things like restoration and preservation.

They have been forced to come up with cash, real money, to pay for some of those lawsuits, with the spectre of more to come. They can go bankrupt, of course. It's unlikely, but possible.

The church has, unfortunately, done as much harm as good, and that's the problem, and there are a host of people who have been harmed by the church who have not been compensated; a number of them are aboriginals around the world.

As for the people who suffer, abuse is still going on in the Catholic church, and is part of the Catholic heirarchy. It is so endemic that it is not only ignored, it is condoned as part of the process of bringing a sinner to God.

Since I'm one of those people who is convinced that God is a man-made construct, I feel the futility of all of this as the most painful result of the God myth, ruined lives and ruined families for self-delusion.