I like the idea of a church (1) paying taxes (2) being treated like any corporation with assets (3) having audits (4) a customer can then go to a government agency with a complain and have more confidence that it will be enacted upon.
How religious institutions got special dispensations and are "hands off" and still are to this very day is beyond me.
3 items to demonstrate:
1) Church leader in Massachusetts escapes to vatican for protection from pedephelia laws. Church is not liable.
2) A Rebbe in NYC threatens the membership if any of them testify on a Jewish pediphelia charge, and they ship the pervert to Israel (thanks, not!)
3) An Amish elder sends an Amish pedephile (Indiana community) to another community (Florida) for internal correction and their members remain mum.
With responsibility to their customer base, with government oversight, these creepy leaders or their communities would not get away unscathed...perhaps.
How religious institutions got special dispensations and are "hands off" and still are to this very day is beyond me.
3 items to demonstrate:
1) Church leader in Massachusetts escapes to vatican for protection from pedephelia laws. Church is not liable.
2) A Rebbe in NYC threatens the membership if any of them testify on a Jewish pediphelia charge, and they ship the pervert to Israel (thanks, not!)
3) An Amish elder sends an Amish pedephile (Indiana community) to another community (Florida) for internal correction and their members remain mum.
With responsibility to their customer base, with government oversight, these creepy leaders or their communities would not get away unscathed...perhaps.
“I've done everything the Bible says — even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff!"— Ned Flanders
