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	Hubbard Should Make Financial Data Public Albany Times Union April 15, 2006 http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=471898&category=OPINION&newsdate=4/15/2006 Bishop Howard Hubbard's plea for school tax credits for parochial school students is a noble goal, but it should be viewed in light of the church's handling of finances. The most recent report of the Catholic bishops says that they have spent more than $1 billion on sexual abuse case settlements. There have been few public church reports nationally or locally on these expenses. For years, parishioners were not told that settlements had been made and that priests were abusing children. The financial condition of the church from Albany to Rome is still secret. Until complete financial information is available to parishioners, the schools' needs are largely matters of conjecture or the word of the bishops. FRANCIS W. RODGERS Rensselaer
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