[sinkspur]

Regarding the $600,000 house, are you sure you're not thinking about the new bishop on Long Island? That was certainly a scandal where he sold the moderate-size suburban home and spent millions to kick some nuns out of a huge old convent and convert it into a episcopal palace complete with temperature-controlled wine cellar, jacuzzi, etc.

That's Bishop Murphy, and Bill O'Reilly took off after him last Wednesday. As I recall, O'Reilly said the renovation cost well over a million dollars. And, he mentioned that Archbishop Myers had spent $600,000 on a new house (but I've read about that somewhere else, too).

It's a pretty fair gauge of a cleric to look at what he spends on himself. I knew an old Monsignor back in the '70s in North Dallas who spent parish money at the race track (and he had to travel to these racetracks because there weren't any in Texas at the time). If he won anything, he'd split the winnings with the parish!

[AlguyA]

"It's a pretty fair gauge of a cleric to look at what he spends on himself."

Ah, sink, I can just here you berating the women for pouring out all that oil.

[ELS]

I read or heard that Myers just built himself a brand new $600,000 residence.

A minor clarification from the trenches - Myers bought a home for $650,000 and then added an in ground swimming pool. I am sad to say that he has been seen hanging out with pro-choice "Catholic" governor of NJ, Jim McGreevey. I had high hopes for him, but actions speak louder than words...