Archdiocese Closes School Due To Lack Of Funds, Then Builds Palace For Bishop

[DonViejo]

TOM KLUDT – FEBRUARY 20, 2014, 10:03 AM EST

An archdiocese in New Jersey is building an expansive, palatial addition to a retirement home for its archbishop, two years after it shuttered a school due to a lack of funds.

Newark Archbishop John J. Myers has used a 4,500-square-foot home in Hunterdon County, N.J. as a weekend residence since 2002, according to the Star-Ledger.

Valued at $800,000, the home already boasts five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a three-car garage and an outdoor swimming pool. And now, thanks to a 3,000-square-foot addition, it's about to get even bigger.

With the 72-year-old Myers nearing retirement, the Newark Archdiocese is financing a $500,000 expansion that will include an indoor exercise pool, three fireplaces and an elevator. The expansion to the house comes at a time when Pope Francis has urged priests to avoid an extravagant lifestyle.

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[gopiscrap]

1. hypocrits

[woodsprite]

2. Hmmm, can Pope Francis commandeer the home for another use?

After all, if you're a Priest and the Archdiocese is building it, then it's not really his, right?

[Goblinmonger]

4. Unless it is a lawsuit by someone abused by priests

then the Archdiocese will declare bankruptcy and the Vatican will not step in to get those victims the money the court deserved.

[djean111]

3. Gotta admire such a money-making tax-free scam.

[oldandhappy]

5. Perfect example

of what the current Pope has been talking about in his public statements.

[temporary311]

6. When Diderot

said humanity will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest, this is the kind of priest that comes to mind.