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Nuns steal ~$500k from school for Vegas trips - face no charges
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RE: Nuns steal ~$500k from school for Vegas trips - face no charges
December 11, 2018 at 9:07 am
(December 11, 2018 at 8:54 am)wyzas Wrote:
(December 11, 2018 at 8:47 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Betting on red? I don't even wonder about casinos taking that much betting from people who have made a vow of poverty.

Sounds like the nuns had a habit.  Hehe

I read that and I completely wimpled.
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December 11, 2018 at 10:22 am
Yet another case of the RCC deeming its people above secular law.
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December 11, 2018 at 11:13 am (This post was last modified: December 11, 2018 at 11:15 am by Gwaithmir.)
The most common anecdotes I've heard about nuns in my time was how mean and ignorant they could be or how a few carried on clandestine sexual relationships with priests, yet this is the first time I've ever heard of some being guilty of grand larceny. Read

I would be interested in hearing about how they got caught.
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RE: Nuns steal ~$500k from school for Vegas trips - face no charges
December 11, 2018 at 11:56 am
"Steal" is perhaps a relative term here considering that nuns slave for Church and basically don't get paid at all, so why wouldn't they take some money they earned anyway?
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December 11, 2018 at 12:07 pm (This post was last modified: December 11, 2018 at 12:10 pm by Rev. Rye.)
(December 11, 2018 at 4:29 am)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46515908

Quote:On Monday, St James' Catholic Church said the nuns had expressed "deep remorse" over their actions, adding that while the police had been informed, no criminal charges would be brought against the pair.

Easy money if you can pray for it.

Easiest Father Ted reference ever...




Well, not quite so easy when I remember there was another episode where Bishop Brennan explaned that the money that was supposed to send a sick child to Lourdes was actually spent on a trip to Vegas, and that I couldn't find that clip. I could find four versions of this, two with Father Ted replaced by David Cameron, but none of that other scene.
Actually, I did find it in this compilation. Starting at 2:05.





Sadly, Father Ted did not use the "just resting in my account" line here.
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RE: Nuns steal ~$500k from school for Vegas trips - face no charges
December 11, 2018 at 1:05 pm
(December 11, 2018 at 11:56 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: "Steal" is perhaps a relative term here considering that nuns slave for Church and basically don't get paid at all, so why wouldn't they take some money they earned anyway?

One half million USD? Quarter million each? I could get into the habit for that money.
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