2013年10月6日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Scandal puts spotlight on rich Singapore churches

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 12:12 AM PDT

City Harvest Church founder Kong Hee and his pop-singer wife Ho Yeow Sun leave court in Singapore during his fraud trial on September 9, 2013Singapore (AFP) - A multimillion-dollar scandal involving a Christian pastor, his singer wife and a glamorous financial executive has gripped Singapore, with allegations of fraud and tantalising glimpses into the expensive process of making a pop star.

Law shields churches, leaves pensions unprotected

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 11:39 AM PDT

Armantina Pelaez, a former crisis counselor at St. Mary's Hospital, in Paterson, N.J., stands in Paterson's Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. In early 2011, St. Mary's Hospital CEO told employees that the retirement plan's trust was severely underfunded, acknowledging the hospital had not put aside any money for their pensions in more than a decade. "I was very angry. I felt betrayed, not only by the health care system, but by the Sisters of Charity and I got betrayed by the church," said Pelaez, about St. Mary's, which quietly converted its federally insured pension plan to an uncovered church plan in 2001. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)PASSAIC, N.J. (AP) — Working at St. Mary's Hospital was all about making do. When supply shelves emptied, respiratory therapist Lori-Ann Ligon made frantic calls to compatriots at nearby medical centers, arranging meetings on the fly to barter for blood gaskets. For a couple of years, she and other managers were told the endless budget squeeze left no room for raises.

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