Monday, October 22, 2007

Bingo a big business for Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

Federal tax returns filed by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence show their biggest moneymaker over the years has been “Revival Bingo” and that, in 2005, San Francisco Catholic Charities received a $1000 donation from the “leading order of queer nuns.”

The information comes from the group’s Form 990, a form required by federal law to be filed every year by tax-exempt charities...

For the 2005 calendar year, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence reported a total income of $129,380, with an end-of-year balance of $55,330 after expenses. Of the total income, the group reported gross receipts of $33,212 for 10 bingo games -- an average of more than $3300 per game...

More at California Catholic Daily here.

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