r/Assyria • u/olapooza • Sep 16 '26

News California bishop accused of pocketing large church donation

https://www.assyriapost.com/california-bishop-accused-of-pocketing-large-church-donation/
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u/spongesparrow Nineveh Plains Sep 16 '26

Lmao first Shaleta now him? These celibate men have nothing better to do than steal money 😂

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u/Specific-Bid6486 Assyrian Sep 17 '26

“Celibate” 😂

You do realise man has urges of sex almost daily, it’s just rooted into our biology.

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u/spongesparrow Nineveh Plains Sep 17 '26

I agree. The churches don't.

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u/ASecularBuddhist Sep 16 '26

Do we know for a fact that this guy is celibate? Anybody that would steal $200,000 might be involved in other acts of deception.

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u/Able-Comment-1983 23d ago

Every adherent to the church doctrine of the acoe-chaldean church syndicate has seen sex as an act of male dominance and violence against girls because of those misogynistic and misandrist beliefs found in the church doctrine. This is exactly why some Assyrian girls have joined the 4bmovement, utterly shunning sexist Assyrian boys. 

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u/ASecularBuddhist 23d ago

Whoa, I’ve never heard that before.

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u/Able-Comment-1983 22d ago edited 22d ago

The church of the east congregation was a bunch of neurotic, socially awkward religious fanatics. I know several multiethnic Assyrians and Assyrians from other countries who were appalled by the lack of faith in God they saw from those people.

Their congregation also conveniently chose careers that are derisive to humanitarian work and work against the same values they claimed to promote. Money was more important than integrity and benevolence in that church. No matter what they say, they can't justify their evil— or as they might call it —"necessary evil."

The lack of political activism in the Assyrian community is tied to the clergy. The clergy have wanted Assyrians to consider their country the church dogma and nothing else.  It's a mentality issue that I haven't witnessed among other ethnic groups-the ones that didn't carry a religious background besides a belief in a supreme creator (god).

The patriarch of the church of the east also accepted blood support from the so-called Russian orthodox church, which means he supported the genocide of Ukrainians in Ukraine.

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u/spongesparrow Nineveh Plains Sep 17 '26

Sure Jan. And pigs fly

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u/Unable_Bite8680 Assyrian Sep 16 '26

Damn shame

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u/ASecularBuddhist Sep 16 '26

I’d look that happy too if I had an extra $200,000 in my bank account.

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u/demoslider Sep 17 '26

Coincidentally, the Syriac Catholic Church bishops are calling for a vote to depose the Patriarch. They say it is because he hasn't met with them in years, but can the story about the Syriac American bishop allegedly embezzling funds be a part of the call for his deposition as well? The former Chaldean Patriarch resigned at the same time one of his bishops was found to be embezzling church funds. 

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u/Sufficient-Sound-421 Assyrian Sep 17 '26

What about Kasha Tanasis from Chicago who would ride around in a new Mercedes S55 ? lol