A Roman Catholic diocese in eastern Canada plans to sell all its churches and missions to raise the money to pay the victims of sexual assault by a priest who was convicted more than a decade ago, a bishop said Monday. The Catholic Diocese of St. George's will sell about 150 properties to raise $10.5 million as part of a settlement for the victims of the Rev. Kevin Bennett, who was convicted in 1990 of hundreds of sexual assaults over three decades as a priest in the province of Newfoundland.
[Parishes in the United States are resisting this option, instead relying on increased donations from the faithful. And the Vatican is reminding all parishes that the money only flows one way, up, so don't be expecting a bail out from on high.]
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