Posted on 02/14/2020 6:15:23 PM PST by marshmallow
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington’s key annual fundraising appeal took in nearly a third less money in 2019, after sexual misconduct and mismanagement scandals involving some of the region’s most prominent Catholic leaders.
The archdiocese, which includes the District and its Maryland suburbs, received $10,350,027 for the 2019 Annual Appeal, compared with the 2018 total of $14,192,188, which is about where it had hovered since 2013. The drive was called “the Cardinal’s Appeal” until a year ago, when officials rebranded it to play down the image of high-ranking clerics.
The annual fundraising drive in the nearby Arlington Diocese is still named the Bishop’s Appeal, and it took in $17,202,000 in 2019, down from $18,400,000 in 2018 but up from previous years. The diocese, which covers northeastern Virginia, has about one-third fewer Catholics than the Archdiocese of Washington.
National numbers are not available, as many dioceses do not make public their full philanthropic data. Experts say they hear anecdotally that giving nationally has fallen since the revelation of major church scandals in Washington in 2018, which were followed by a scandal in West Virginia and a grand jury report in Pennsylvania that detailed in a new way abuse and coverups from decades ago. Those who monitor church scandals had been watching to see whether Catholics in Washington, an affluent, healthy and high-profile archdiocese, would express their frustration by reducing giving.
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The criminal, hatedul, leftists at the compost doing everything they can to execute information warfare against the people they hate and want to destroy. This is yet another example of their continuous warfare against Catholics.
JoMa
Cripes, only a third?
Some people never learn.
I’m partially responsible for some of that drop.
I’m partially responsible for some of that drop.
I don’t know how they get a nickel with that anti american gay Pope.
What Americans should give money to that half a commie Marxist atheist Popedom?
Exactly.
Catholics are finally wising up.
We are only giving to our local parish. Party on your own dime but not on my money.
It’s not just the abuse cases.
Parishioners are also angry about the bishops’ social justice nonsense, aid to illegal aliens and opposition to everything about President Trump.even when he’s the most proliferation president ever.
The problem is also with devotees who ignore or minimize the serious problems with the pope and the hierarchy.
I don’t blame you for making that decision. I have also changed my donations as well. However, the Catholic Church is still good. It is the horrible leftists that are in the leadership of the organization that are bad.
JoMa
RCINC is the oldest most profitable multinational corporation on the planet. It is changing policy to be eligible for SOROS money-business decision
I’m very selective now with my money to Catholic charities. No more to the central bureaucracy at the Vatican. Not until Bergolio is gone.
My Catholic Faith is still good, however my faith in the Catholic Church has been greatly diminish. It has been run by fallible men under the influence of the evil one for centuries.
My thought as well. Do those people who give have any idea what is going on in their Diocese or do they just not care?
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