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Plans to "tax" Dublin Catholics.

Broads.ie · 2011-08-20 11:43:10

From the Guardian: HAhahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!! *ahem* So, is it feasible to try and tax the Dublin Catholics? It might make numbers drop even more... I don't see it working at all to be honest. I'm glad to see the church crumbling though. edit: linky…

20-08-2011 11:43am

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From the Guardian:

Reparations for child abuse victims and the recession have brought Ireland's largest Catholic diocese to the brink of bankruptcy, according to a leaked document from a group of priests.

The paper from the Council of Priests concludes that many parishes in Dublin are close to a state of financial collapse.

It cites the ongoing cost of compensation payments made to victims of clerical abuse, the death of the Celtic Tiger economic boom and falling numbers going to mass in the Irish capital.

The document, which was leaked to this week's edition of the Irish Catholic newspaper, proposes imposing a parish-based levy on Catholic families living in Dublin that would raise up to €3m (£2.6m) a year.

HAhahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!

*ahem*

So, is it feasible to try and tax the Dublin Catholics? It might make numbers drop even more... I don't see it working at all to be honest. I'm glad to see the church crumbling though.

edit: linky http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/18/dublin-catholics-levy-church-bankruptcy

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#2 20-08-2011 11:49am

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A tax already exists, it's called dues, three times a year the dues are due.

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#3 20-08-2011 11:59am

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#4 20-08-2011 2:17pm

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Thread already here.

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