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Man sues pope: Church bells ruined my marriage
wnd ^ | 9/5/03 | Joe Kovacs

Posted on 09/06/2013 8:36:35 AM PDT by JoeProBono

A Rhode Island man has filed a federal lawsuit against Pope Francis and others, claiming the frequent bell-ringing of the Catholic church across the street has disrupted his life so much, it helped precipitate the demise of his marriage. John Devaney, 64, of Narragansett, R.I., lives directly across from the picturesque St. Thomas More Catholic Church. “The bells have been going off 700 times a week, very loud volume, and it’s been going on for too long,” he told the Providence Journal in a videotaped interview. “I’m not getting any response back from the people that control the bell-ringing.” “First of all, the bells are amplified and they’re broadcast on loudspeakers,” Devaney explained. “We live in a historic neighborhood. I think we should get back to removing the amplifiers and the loudspeakers. And then I think they should bring the bells back to a reasonable number and a reasonable time.........

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: catholic; churchbells; frivolouslawsuit; lawsuit; pests; popefrancis; zoning
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John Devaney of Narragansett, R.I., claims loud church bells ruined his marriage.


1 posted on 09/06/2013 8:36:35 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

Some people should have a big ‘S’ stamped on their forehead (for STUPID) so you know to stay away from them.


2 posted on 09/06/2013 8:38:31 AM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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To: JoeProBono

“700 times a week?”

There’s only 168 hours in a week. Methinks he got his math wrong.


3 posted on 09/06/2013 8:40:13 AM PDT by NVDave
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To: JoeProBono

I hear Mohammed had people shout from minarets because he didn’t like bells.

If this problem started before Francis succeeded Benedict XVI, this guy is suing the wrong pope.


4 posted on 09/06/2013 8:40:15 AM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: JoeProBono

Move.


5 posted on 09/06/2013 8:40:16 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: JoeProBono

He’s got the wedding bell blus.


6 posted on 09/06/2013 8:40:33 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (Obama phones= Bread and circuits.)
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To: JoeProBono

He’s 64?! Looks like 84. Cowboy hat in Rhode Island? One confused man.


7 posted on 09/06/2013 8:41:42 AM PDT by TaMoDee (Go Pack Go!)
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To: JoeProBono
A Rhode Island man has filed a federal lawsuit against Pope Francis and others, claiming the frequent bell-ringing of the Catholic church across the street has disrupted his life so much, it helped precipitate the demise of his marriage.

As my dad used to say, "hell's bells!"

8 posted on 09/06/2013 8:43:48 AM PDT by Alex Murphy (Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America's destiny.)
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To: JoeProBono

So these bells go off 4 times an hour for 24 hours 7 days a week?

Maybe he just has a ringing sound in his ears.


9 posted on 09/06/2013 8:44:49 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: JoeProBono

It is all Quasimodo’s fault


10 posted on 09/06/2013 8:45:38 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (0bama lied, Stevens died, now 0bama covers up the lies.)
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To: JoeProBono

Perhaps they could move a mosque in next door and he could listen to the call to prayer all day long. He could complain about that and they could burn his house down with him in it.


11 posted on 09/06/2013 8:47:34 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: NVDave

He must be counting each individual peal or bong of the bells, rather than instances.


12 posted on 09/06/2013 8:47:38 AM PDT by Burkean (.)
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To: NVDave
There’s only 168 hours in a week. Methinks he got his math wrong.

I told him a million times not to exaggerate but hey, some people never listen.

13 posted on 09/06/2013 8:47:45 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: JoeProBono
Give that man a No Bell Peace prize.
14 posted on 09/06/2013 8:49:03 AM PDT by adaven
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To: Mr. K

Moving is not an option?


15 posted on 09/06/2013 8:55:01 AM PDT by Chickensoup (...We didn't love freedom enough... Solzhenitsyn.)
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To: JoeProBono

Heaqr plugs and headphomes if you don’t want to move.


16 posted on 09/06/2013 9:02:11 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Mr. K
Some people should have a big ‘S’ stamped on their forehead (for STUPID) so you know to stay away from them.

That hat does it for me.

17 posted on 09/06/2013 9:02:33 AM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: JoeProBono

Ear plugs and headphones, if you don’t want to move.


18 posted on 09/06/2013 9:02:52 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: JoeProBono

He probably has tinnitus and the bells follow him around.


19 posted on 09/06/2013 9:04:00 AM PDT by RedMDer (http://www.dontfundobamacare.com/)
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To: Burkean

OK, that I could buy.


20 posted on 09/06/2013 9:04:53 AM PDT by NVDave
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