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Back in December of 2019, a whistleblower who worked for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints told the Washington Post that the Mormon Church had been “stockpiling their surplus donations instead of using them for charitable works.” They had over $100 billion sitting in that stockpile, which they were using to develop a for-profit mall and bail out a failing insurance agency. The whistleblowers, David A. and Lars P. Nielsen, informed the IRS of this information and called on the agency to revoke the organization’s tax-exempt status.
The Church said it never spent the money on anything it wasn’t supposed to and that the stockpile was necessary “in the event of the second coming of Christ.” Whatever that’s supposed to mean.
The IRS has never acted on the complaint — but the story just got another major boost.
Now, James Huntsman is suing the Mormon Church over the allegations in that complaint, saying that the church is spending members’ tithe money — his money — on things that had nothing to do with charity.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Like this shit never happened before?
Assholes.
CuddyCruiser
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Mar 26, 2021
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I hope the Moron (oops, Mormon) church goes broke. 
BestWithoutGods
Level 8
Mar 25, 2021
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Me too. But as th earticle says they have over 100 billion in reserve funds.
" !00 BILLION for the coming of Christ," what for, is He going demand his back-pay or something?
Bloody Nora, 2,000 years of being AWOL and HE wants still wants his back-wages?
Don't most Service personal in the Armed Forces, when caught after being AWOL, get a Prison Sentence at the very least AND NO back-pay at all?
Triphid
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Mar 25, 2021
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Good luck getting anything exposing religious greed and scams into a courthouse. The backlash would be ferocious because the entire industry is a giant con game and if one falls, they might all be exposed. Since they control the centers of power, the government, it will never happen. I’m frankly surprised the priest pedophile lawsuits got as far as they did.
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Mar 25, 2021
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