That is a shiatload of votive candles.

Wow... A Catholic priest that wasn't diddling kids

I wasn't aware we had socially agreed that a tithe was in fact stealing.

I live in Vegas. sorry, I don't have a gambling problem. Nor am I Catholic. I can understand, but not forgive, that a weak man, with a lot of other people's money, can f*ck up. It happens mostly to cocktail waitresses and taxi drivers. I would think that a vicar would be held to a higher standard.

BTW, what the hell would he do if his $650 K won? Donate it to charity? Play more? what was he thinking?

MaudlinMutantMollusk: Wow... A Catholic priest that wasn't diddling kids

You honestly think kiddie diddlers can't also be gambling addicts?

Benevolent Misanthrope: You honestly think kiddie diddlers can't also be gambling addicts?

Well, he hadn't gotten caught at it

/yet

Stanish added that McAuliffe knows he has parishioners down. 'He knows he let them down,' she said. 'Believe me, he knows he let them down.'

I, for one, am not sure he knows he let them down.

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GAT_00: I wasn't aware we had socially agreed that a tithe was in fact stealing.

The money is supposed to go towards church maintenance, various social/charity programs and whatever else that particular church runs. (Schools, hospitals, etc.) I believe that the only reason priest are paid is because it would be considered slavery if the church didn't give them something.

So yeah, skimming the cash from the votive candles (which usually just pays for more candles) is pretty bad.

But I'm not surprised that the parishioners feel bad for him-many priest have a problems. I've known a lot of priest who were alcoholics, gamblers, gluttons and skirt chasers. The only thing people don't forgive priest for is the child diddling.

phlegmmo: Stanish added that McAuliffe knows he has parishioners down. 'He knows he let them down,' she said. 'Believe me, he knows he let them down.'

I, for one, am not sure he knows he let them down.

So you're saying he thinks they may feel let down?

Darth_Lukecash: GAT_00: I wasn't aware we had socially agreed that a tithe was in fact stealing.

The money is supposed to go towards church maintenance, various social/charity programs and whatever else that particular church runs. (Schools, hospitals, etc.) I believe that the only reason priest are paid is because it would be considered slavery if the church didn't give them something.

Ummm, no. They give priests money because that's how it works. Monks and nuns make no money. Also, Catholic schools charge tuition, and the parish - after they give the bishop his cut - use it for parish expenses only. Parish Councils are on hand to make sure of that.

So yeah, skimming the cash from the votive candles (which usually just pays for more candles) is pretty bad.

But I'm not surprised that the parishioners feel bad for him-many priest have a problems. I've known a lot of priest who were alcoholics, gamblers, gluttons and skirt chasers. The only thing people don't forgive priest for is the child diddling.

And many forgive them that, making every excuse imaginable and some you never even thought of, up to and including blaming the children. Because the priest is holy. God's anointed. It's really sickening.

Modified Wooden Toilet Holy Roller?

Wow. Just......wow.

Wow, he is creepy. Lock him up.

And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.
- KJV, Mark 12:17 (stolen from http://bible.cc/mark/12-17.htm ... also in Matthew 22:21 and Luke 20:25)

/didn't mean Caesar's Palace, you grimacing ghost.

Darth_Lukecash: GAT_00: I wasn't aware we had socially agreed that a tithe was in fact stealing.

The money is supposed to go towards church maintenance, various social/charity programs and whatever else that particular church runs. (Schools, hospitals, etc.) I believe that the only reason priest are paid is because it would be considered slavery if the church didn't give them something.

So yeah, skimming the cash from the votive candles (which usually just pays for more candles) is pretty bad.

But I'm not surprised that the parishioners feel bad for him-many priest have a problems. I've known a lot of priest who were alcoholics, gamblers, gluttons and skirt chasers. The only thing people don't forgive priest for is the child diddling.

A few years ago, the accountant for the archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland was discovered to have stole over $500,000 to feed into VLTs downtown at bars. The money should have been used to fix the buildings and pay the victims of some of the pedo priests that the archdiocese had been sued about.

cats4rent: so he has to pay back the money, and a $750,000.00 fine? where will that money come from?

Obama.

There's no way a priest who looks like that hasn't molested dozens of boys.

came here for father ted, leaving fecking happy

FunkOut: over $500,000 to feed into VLTs downtown at bars

Venison, Lettuce, and Tomatoes? That's a lot of sandwiches!