September 13, 2007
Mahoney Boots Nuns for Hush Money
Gay.com notes:
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles is selling a convent that has housed an order of nuns for more than four decades to help pay for a record-breaking sex abuse settlement.. . .
“We’re just so hurt by this,” said Sister Angela Escalera, the order’s local superior. “And what hurts the most is what the money will be used for, to help pay for the pedophile priests. We have to sacrifice our home for that?”
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“The pain is being spread around,” Tamberg said. “We’re losing our headquarters here, and none of the employees got a pay raise this year. This is just part of making it right with the victims, and we all have to share in the process even though none of us — the nuns, myself — harmed anybody.”
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The Santa Barbara County assessor’s office lists the convent property’s value at $97,746, though it will likely sell for more. Smaller, older homes nearby start at about $700,000, according to the local real estate Web sites.
Filed under: California, Catholicism
