Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory To Sell $2.2 Million Mansion

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33. The video says the $$ came from Margaret Mitchell's nephew

and was specifically earmarked for Diocesan use. And wikipedia says "From that amount he took $2.2 M to build a new archbishop residence on property donated to the church that would also serve as a banquet and conference facility." So this is not a private Hearst castle so much as a nicely appointed Diocesan facility. Too fancy, perhaps, and if it had been a little plainer it might not have stirred up a shitstorm, but after all it was paid for by Gone with the Wind which is not exactly austere.

Wiki also says Wilton was president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, a fairly high-profile position, from 2001 to 2004, and I remember seeing him in that capacity on TV once or twice. So I imagine he had plans for this facility beyond his own room and board and considered the expenditure a wise use of the donated funds. Which, all things considered, it probably was, had somebody somewhere not decided to stir the pot, and I suspect that he's mainly guilty of being black on the job.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilton_Daniel_Gregory