NEW ORLEANS (LA)
WWL Radio (AM870 /FM105.3)
July 13, 2020
By Thomas Perumean
Triggered by word diocese received PPP money.
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) abuse are demanding an audit be performed on the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
The call for an audit has been triggered by reports the Church received money from the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program.
“The Catholic Church is not a small business. It’s an enormous conglomeration,” says Kevin Bourgeois, licensed social worker and member of SNAP. “I don’t think it’s fair that they received these funds through a loophole. I think that we deserve to know since it was our taxpayer funds that were funneled to the church. I’m calling for an audit and an accounting of where every nickel of that money went.”
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