UNITED STATES
Berger’s Beat
[Earthly concerns – The Economist]
August 16, 2012 3:01 pm | Author: Jerry Berger
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, a hometown boy who now heads America’s second largest Catholic archdiocese, is also believed to be Manhattan’s largest landowner. So says The Economist in a lengthy new article analyzing the wealth of the church in the U.S. Dolan refused to answer questions from the magazine about how much he spends lobbying against legislation that might enable child sex victims to file more lawsuits. And he dodged questions about two moves he made while Milwaukee’s archbishop – transferring $35 million to a trust and $55.6 million to a fund for cemeteries. Critics say the goal was to shield church funds from clergy sex plaintiffs
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