Church Took Alms From Criminals, Bishop Says
From Times Wire Reports
A Mexican bishop said that the Catholic Church had accepted alms from drug traffickers and that the money was “purified” when it reached church coffers.
Ramon Godinez, bishop of Aguascalientes in central Mexico, said it was “not up to us to investigate where the money comes from,” the daily Reforma newspaper reported.
Government spokesman Ruben Aguilar said, “Nobody can be allowed to receive illegal funds under any circumstances, [and] no one can promote money laundering in this way.”
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