MY PREDICITION: TAX EXEMPT STATUS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN SERIOUS JEOPARDY -- FINANCIAL CATASTROPHE LOOMS LARGE

The following is a quote from Internal Revenue Service 1985 EO CPE Text:

ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ILLEGAL OR CONTRARY TO PUBLIC POLICY

Exempt purposes may generally be equated with the public good, and violations of law are the antithesis of the public good. Therefore, the conduct of such activities may be a bar to exemption. Factors that have to be considered in
determining the effect of illegal activities on an organization's qualification for exemption are the paragraph of IRC 501(c) under which the organization is exempt or is applying for exemption, and the nature and extent of the illegal activities engaged in by the organization. 

Why do I bring this particular tax regulation to the attention of readers?

The Federal government, by way of two United States Attorneys, has indicated its intention of launching an investigation to determine whether or not the Catholic Church, through the various Dioceses, agencies and institutions it operates or oversees, has been engaged in a criminal conspiracy crossing State lines as well as International jurisdictions in the manner in which it has responded to a systematic pattern of sexual abuse of minors and youngsters by Catholic Clergy.

The Federal government sees the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) as the primary agent of the Catholic Church to whose policies individual Bishops and the dioceses they administer are subject.

The US Attorney for Washington, DC, issued a letter to the USCCB directing its President to inform the Bishops of every diocese in the country to hold and make available for investigation by order of subpoena all documents, files, memos and related materials of every parish, agency and institution in the United States operating under the jurisdiction of the Catholic Church.

As I predicted almost six months ago (to the ridicule of a number of readers) the Federal government would institute an investigation and prosecution of the Catholic Church under the provisions of the Racketeering Influence and Criminal Organization (RICO) Law.

That investigation has begun.

Should prosecutions result in convictions, the Internal Revenue Service would then have the regulatory authority it needs to withdraw Federal tax exempt status from every Catholic diocese, agency and institution in the country.

Individual State Departments of Revenue would most likely follow the example of the IRS and withdraw tax exemption within their particular jurisdictions.

The financial impact of such a decision would be catastrophic.

This is not an hallucination.  This is a real and distinct possibility.  One I predict will take place.

And the fallout from decades of homosexual predation of young males by Catholic Clergy and the malfeasant, now to be determined criminal misconduct, of Bishops is coming home to roost.

When the Catholic faithful in the pews begin to realize the extent to which their parishes and dioceses are going to be vulnerable to government taxation, the coffers of free will offerings will suffer immediate and catastrophic losses.

Whether the Holy See or the USCCB itself is taking any of this seriously and preparing to take drastic measures to show a good faith effort to punish serial homosexual predators and remove offending Bishops from Office is anyone’s guess.

But from the public posturing Church officials have offered for the present, it seems not.

If Catholics thought the tough times resulting from the abuse scandals were behind them, they have a real surprise awaiting them.

Only the Lord Himself knows how this will end.