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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

"To protect their bottom line"

"designed to delay, delay, and further delay"

Two things the catholic church is good for. Jealous that your insurer may be better at it ?

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NOGODZ20's avatar
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"*designed to delay, delay, delay, and further delay"

Sounds like the DOJ with the Epstein files (they're now saying they may need weeks to release those files. Maybe they learned those delaying tactics from Holy Mother Church).

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larry parker's avatar

Oopsie, we found another million files.

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Joan the Dork's avatar

What gets me is that they've had all year to redact Chump's name from those files, but they waited until Congress forced the issue to even get started. Obviously- the slapdash nature of the redactions now, and the chaotic releases they often backtrack, are so desperately incompetent that it just reeks of a kid doing their homework five minutes before class after procrastinating for weeks on the assignment. They honestly didn't think anyone would ever make them do it.

If they didn't take the time to do the coverup, when Johnson&Co. bought them 𝘴𝘰 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 to do it in, that means they never believed they'd lose control of those files- to anyone. They thought they'd secured themselves in absolute power, and they were only 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 wrong.

And that's fucking terrifying.

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wreck's avatar

It's fascism, with morons.

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NOGODZ20's avatar

Everything they do makes Trump look even more guilty.

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regmeyer's avatar

He does more of his share alone.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

Turns out their insurer has better morals than THEY do! Hell of a note, eh?

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Straw's avatar

A bit of a surprise, but absolutely understandable.

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Sam and Jo's avatar

Does the insurance company have better morals or do they just not want to pay out. I’m going with the later, although your mileage may vary.

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Straw's avatar

I understand what you write, but still, the church has not done anything to prevent the rapists from raping kids and teenagers. It was preventable.

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Sam and Jo's avatar

I agree with you 100%. I’m one of those kids that was raped not once but twice. Two different churches and two different youth pastors. I have no sympathy for the church.

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Straw's avatar
17mEdited

I hope you have healed, at least enough to have a good life. From my cousins experiences, I know that might take some time and much effort.

Merry Yule/winter solistice to you.

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Maltnothops's avatar

“You know things are bad for you when an insurance company is the voice of moral reason.”

Zing! There’s a t-shirt here! Maybe even a carved granite monument.

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NOGODZ20's avatar

Here's to bankrupting the morally bankrupt RCC.

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Joan the Dork's avatar

Oh, good, I was just wondering how the RCC would one-up the Epstein files to reclaim its title as the world leader in child sexual abuse. They certainly never fail to disappoint!

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oraxx's avatar

Liability insurance does not cover an intentional tort. The insurance company is right in this case.

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Maltnothops's avatar

And with respect to the Archdiocese selling property: They are/have sold the land under a luxury hotel in NY for more than $400 million. Tax free, doncha know, because they are assumed to be a charity. It ought to be more than obvious that settling with victims of abuse is not “charity”. IANAL — but I think these sales should not be tax exempt. Which means they would need to sell more property to pay the taxes.

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Sko Hayes's avatar

The Vatican is one of the richest countries in the world, maybe they could sell some of the gold and precious jewels they stole from other people.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

I take my hat off to Travelers and Chubb, for not tolerating the CRIMES committed by the Catholic Church, as well as not falling for Timothy Dolan's bullshit. I still remember the 60 Minutes interview with Dolan, and it was instantly apparent that he was a glad-handing hotshot who thought he could schmooze his way through a situation without giving an inch in terms of Catholic dogma. In THIS case, he and the Church both get their hands slapped and they deserved it. No great surprise that Donohue loses his shit over this, either; it's what he does, and his opinions are rightly ignored.

Incidents like this are badly overdue, and it's good to see that there are organizations that will stand up to the Church and rub its perfidies in its nose.

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Jackie's avatar

"The Catholic Church in New York opposed legislation that would extend or create a "look-back window" for sexual abuse claims. The Church's lobbying efforts aimed to maintain existing statutes of limitations or only allow for minor extensions, not decrease the time period for claims. " This article is from 2019 https://abcnews.go.com/US/catholic-church-lobbyists-spent-106m-fight-legal-efforts/story?id=63507904#:~:text=Interest%20Successfully%20Added-,Catholic%20church%20spent%20'considerable'%20amount%20lobbying%20to%20thwart%20sex%20abuse,Northeastern%20states%2C%20the%20report%20says.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

You don't get to benefit from insurance for BREAKING THE LAW!

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larry parker's avatar

"That would make them evil."

BINGO!

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NOGODZ20's avatar

When since 380 CE have they NOT been evil?

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Boreal's avatar

Sweet, what a great Yule gift: more problems for the pedophile cult.

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Ellen MHa's avatar

ONE of the pedophile cults.

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susan conner's avatar

About time someone told them "NO MORE!"

Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄

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Len's avatar

“The archdiocese sued Chubb for deception and fraud.”

Pot, kettle.

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Boreal's avatar

It's sad when I am rooting for an insurance company.

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Die Anyway's avatar

That's about how I felt when I found myself agreeing with Marjorie Trailer-Queen..... about the Epstain files and the government's treatment of the abuse survivors. The world is turned upside down.

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Val Uptuous NotAgain's avatar

It’s not all that topsy turvy, Majorly Traitor-Greene is still a horrible human being, and hasn’t changed her mind on any other positions she holds.

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Boreal's avatar

OT: People in my neck O the woods are saying "Elise Navidad" this season since we get the xmas gift of getting rid of her.

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

Elise ? Not Feliz ? 🤔

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Boreal's avatar

Yes, our esteemed trump anal remora congressperson, Elise Stefanik is stepping down and also ended her campaign for Governor. Both wonderful xmas gifts.

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RegularJoe's avatar

Give that international pedophilia conglomerate the hell they've so dearly earned.

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dammit barry's avatar

"The World's Oldest Largest, Lavishly Defended Pedophile Ring."

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Anri's avatar

One wonders if certain people will ever come to release that, "We paid lots of good money to be able to keep molesting kids!" isn't really the kind of argument you want to make.

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NOGODZ20's avatar
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The RCC can drop that laughable claim of being "pro-life." What they truly are is pro-$$$.

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