07-19-2022, 02:06 PM
"The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador has approved the sale of 43 properties belonging to the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of St. John's, including 13 churches, as dozens more church property sales loom across eastern Newfoundland.
The move will reshape the landscape for Catholics in the St. John's area and beyond as the church — which has been held liable for sexual and physical abuse at the Mount Cashel orphanage — raises money to settle victim claims from the 1940s, '50s and '60s.
Information about the sales came Monday as Ernst & Young, the court-appointed monitor, presented a report to the court about the sale-by-tender process which saw bids for the properties submitted in early June.
An order from the court in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings posted on Ernst & Young's website sheds light on who is buying the properties. The order said the iconic Basilica Cathedral and Pastoral Centre, St. Bonaventure's College and St. Bon's Forum will be sold to the Basilica Heritage Foundation, which has pledged to protect the historic properties.
The St. Teresa's Mundy Pond Corporation has been recommended as the successful bidder for St. Teresa's Church, while the Archdiocesan Renewal Corporation, which has Archbishop of St. John's Peter Hundt as one of three directors, has purchased St. Thomas of Villanova Church and its vacant land. Both groups aim to keep those parishes active.
However, the fates of many of the other Catholic churches are less certain."
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/court-approves-catholic-church-sales-1.6523788
While it's somewhat encouraging that we've seen more examples in recent years of the victim's of the Catholic Church's systematic abuse and cover-up's getting a degree of justice, there are still an embarrassing number of examples that haven't been dealt with and or even been addressed in any meaningful way. The accounts from around the world don't stop coming either; nor does the denial, resistance and suppression of the Church in almost all instances.
The move will reshape the landscape for Catholics in the St. John's area and beyond as the church — which has been held liable for sexual and physical abuse at the Mount Cashel orphanage — raises money to settle victim claims from the 1940s, '50s and '60s.
Information about the sales came Monday as Ernst & Young, the court-appointed monitor, presented a report to the court about the sale-by-tender process which saw bids for the properties submitted in early June.
An order from the court in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings posted on Ernst & Young's website sheds light on who is buying the properties. The order said the iconic Basilica Cathedral and Pastoral Centre, St. Bonaventure's College and St. Bon's Forum will be sold to the Basilica Heritage Foundation, which has pledged to protect the historic properties.
The St. Teresa's Mundy Pond Corporation has been recommended as the successful bidder for St. Teresa's Church, while the Archdiocesan Renewal Corporation, which has Archbishop of St. John's Peter Hundt as one of three directors, has purchased St. Thomas of Villanova Church and its vacant land. Both groups aim to keep those parishes active.
However, the fates of many of the other Catholic churches are less certain."
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/court-approves-catholic-church-sales-1.6523788
While it's somewhat encouraging that we've seen more examples in recent years of the victim's of the Catholic Church's systematic abuse and cover-up's getting a degree of justice, there are still an embarrassing number of examples that haven't been dealt with and or even been addressed in any meaningful way. The accounts from around the world don't stop coming either; nor does the denial, resistance and suppression of the Church in almost all instances.
