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Joe Witkowski's avatar

If the new administration knocks down the separation of church and state, maybe dioceses and parishes become subject to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. From that perspective, the problem has been solved for 22years and church financial controls need to enter the 21st century.

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Jon's avatar

SOX applies to public companies, so the Church would need to conduct an IPO first...

By the way, there is a Baltimore connection -- the late Senator Sarbanes is a Baltimore native who worshipped at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral there.

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Joe Witkowski's avatar

The financial controls mandated by SOx are organized common sense that could be applied to any high-revenue organization like dioceses and parishes.

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