Cardinal Roger M. Mahony and others have said the archdiocese, which drained its litigation reserve fund in payouts for a partial clergy-abuse settlement in December, will try to avoid harming "essential ministries" and does not plan to sell any parish or school properties.Sounds a bit like the problems facing the news business, except, of course, for the sexual perversion.
Still, the archdiocese, the most populous in the country, "will have to be a much leaner operation than it is now," church attorney J. Michael Hennigan said.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
LA Archdiocese to sell headquarters
Well, we knew this was coming. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles said yesterday it needs to sell up to 50 properties, including its Wilshire headquarters to fund at least $250 million of that $660 million settlement with alleged sexual abuse victims (insurers and religious order pick up the rest). From the LA Times:
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I don't know what's worse: that they let events (that is sexual abuses) occur that require the settlement, or that they have a headquarters worth $250 million. But then, property values in LA are insane...
The headquarters themselves aren't worth the whole $250 million -- my arbitrary guess is $25 mil? -- but 50 properties in LA, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties goes a long way.
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