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Nov 20 11:47 AM US/Eastern
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington says it is obligated to keep paying retirement benefits to six priests who church officials have confirmed are pedophiles.
The diocese filed for Chapter 11 protection last month. Officials had told the judge the church would not make any payments to priests accused of sexual abuse without a court order, even if the abuse had not been substantiated.
But in a filing late Thursday, the diocese said it has an obligation to care for retired clergy, including priests dismissed from public ministry.
The motion asks for permission to continue paying benefits to six confirmed pedophiles, including 80-year-old former priest Francis DeLuca, who was defrocked after serving a jail term in New York for repeatedly abusing his grandnephew.
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wtf??? Hell No, if we can limit exec pay can we limit pedophile benefits, at least in this situation there is actual wrongdoing.
1At least they aren't limiting pay to those where the accusation hasn't been substantiated. Just remember, you don't lose your retirement benefits if you go to jail for this crime, outside of the ministry, so this isn't that big of a deal.
2It's funny, the Church is adamant about paying benefits to pedophile priests, but they've sold convents and sent nuns out to get jobs... I think the old boys are all thinking about their own secrets and protecting their own possibly at risk benefits.
3Apples and oranges.
4No contractual obligation to women religious?
5dave, they used their position and the church to commit the crimes, it's not like they found boys on their free time, so its a little different. To me at least.
6Oh and I agree, they should be convicted of a crime in order to have the benefits stripped in my opinion, or have strong evidence, just happens to be they couldn't file because of statute of limitations.
7If they don't pay the scum, what will they do with all that left over money? Pay their victims...not!!
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