Wednesday, March 04, 2009

New archbishop gets $470K home

Catholic church leaders in Cincinnati are defending the purchase of a a nearly $470,000 four-bedroom suburban home for the new archbishop.

The archdiocese for some 500,000 Roman Catholics in 19 southwest Ohio counties has been cutting costs and employees in a slumping U.S. economy.

However, it wanted a home for the Most Reverend Dennis Schnurr, who takes over later this year for Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk .

The current archbishop lives in an apartment.

Church officials say Schnurr comes from a large family and needs more room.

They also say the house is a good investment.

But a lay Catholic activist is questioning the timing.

Kris Ward of Dayton says the house sounds like a "Wall Street bonus."
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(Source: RCNG)