Extravagant lifestyles by fleecing the flock.

Not only of their money, but also of their ability to think for themselves.

Not only of their money, but also of their ability to think for themselves.

Ah, yes; they're ripping off their minds as well!

This has been true for as long as there has been the notion of religion.

Hmmmm,

i suppose asking them to give up all their worldly goods, go forth and spread the word of the lord , would be asking too much.

Some of these people should take a leaf out of Mother Teresa's book....

I love that the investigation is prompted only to ensure the government is getting its cut.

Well, they have to pay like the rest of the taxpayers. Why should they get off not paying?

There should be a new line added on the plague at the base of the statue of liberty:
“The New Colossus,” by the 19th American poet Emma Lazarus.
“The New Colossus,”
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.

NEW LINE:
AND BRING IT DOWN ON MINISTRIES WHO SWINDLE YE