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Since the Catholic Church is trying to shift property from one non-profit to another, San Francisco is now asking the ritual-heavy religious folks to pay up. Why? Well, according to San Francisco City Assessor Phil Ting, the move is considered "a change in ownership." The church, it seems, owes the city of San Francisco a whopping $15 million due to the transfer of more than 200 properties it owns between three separate nonprofit organizations. And the Archdiocese has three options: pay, fight the assessor in court, or leave the property as is. The church, however, claims it is being unfairly targeted.
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Cry me a river .... millions of dollars spent without hesitation to take away marriage rights for LGBT Californians, but God forbid they buck up and pay the transfer tax that it would seem every other non-profit and so on would pay to change which corporate entity, I mean church, owns a piece of property.
What a bunch of assholes.
I'm guessing this is a result of the shenanigans they got up to a few years ago, hiding assets so they wouldn't have to pay off the victims of the pederast priests they sheltered.
If they're not trying to hide assets, transferring property between three separate nonprofits (all controlled by the same Vatican hierarchy) doesn't make much sense.
It's about time. TAX THE CHURCH!
As Jesus said, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's."