Scandel Brewing At Oral Roberts University

Why anyone would want to attend one of these christian colleges is beyond my comprehension.

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Occasionally, owing to the deficiency of the English language, I have used he/him/his meaning he or she/him or her/his or her in order to avoid awkwardness of style.

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He, him, and his are not intended as exclusively masculine pronouns. They may refer to either sex or to both sexes!

Let us for a moment forget about the allegations, lawsuits, and whatnot.

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Sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests has cost the U.S. church at least $2.3 billion since 1950. Some of the largest known payouts to victims since the crisis erupted in 2002 include:

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_ Archdiocese of Los Angeles, 2007, agrees to pay $660 million to about 500 people.

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_ Diocese of San Diego, 2007, agrees to pay $198 million to 144 people.

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_ Diocese of Orange, Calif., 2004, $100 million for 90 abuse claims.

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_ Diocese of Covington, Ky., 2006, up to $84 million for more than 350 people.

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_ Archdiocese of Boston, 2003, $84 million for 552 claims.

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_ Diocese of Oakland, Calif., 2005, $56 million to 56 people.

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_ Archdiocese of Portland, Ore., 2007, agrees to pay about $52 million to 175 victims to emerge from bankruptcy protection; sets aside another $20 million for any future claims.

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_ Diocese of Spokane, Wash., 2007, agrees to pay $48 million for about 150 claims to emerge from bankruptcy protection.

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_ Diocese of Sacramento, Calif., 2005, pays $35 million to 33 people.

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_ Archdiocese of Louisville, Ky., 2003, $25.7 million to 243 victims.

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_ Diocese of Tucson, Ariz., 2005, agrees to fund a settlement trust worth about $22 million for more than 50 victims to emerge from bankruptcy protection.

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All of these are really large sums of money that the church possess, considering how many people in this world literally starve day after day after day. The fact that the church could pay such large sums of money at all tells me this church ain't the "poor in spirit" type of church that Christ taught.Am I missing something here? Wouldn't the money be better spent on, you know, the ones who really do need it? You know, those literally hundreds of millions of people that live in unrelenting poverty?Somehow, I don't think the church is the best example we have of of leading by example.By the way, that's a lot of horny priests.

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Disclaimer:

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Occasionally, owing to the deficiency of the English language, I have used he/him/his meaning he or she/him or her/his or her in order to avoid awkwardness of style.

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He, him, and his are not intended as exclusively masculine pronouns. They may refer to either sex or to both sexes!

What on Earth are you talking about and how is it connected to my previous message?Oh, I get it. It's about my head, isn't it? Look, I can't help the fact that my hair keep falling off.Ned, here I come...

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Disclaimer:

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Occasionally, owing to the deficiency of the English language, I have used he/him/his meaning he or she/him or her/his or her in order to avoid awkwardness of style.

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He, him, and his are not intended as exclusively masculine pronouns. They may refer to either sex or to both sexes!