Fake Catholics?
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Posted 8:28AM on Saturday 20th September 2003 ( 21 years ago )
ATLANTA - A lawsuit filed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta accuses a network of Spanish-speaking churches in north Georgia of falsely claiming to be Catholic. <br>
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The suit says fake priests are conducting Mass, hearing confessions and offering communion to immigrants who think the churches are tied to the Vatican. <br>
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It asks a state court judge to order an injunction against the Capilla de la Fe, or ``Chapel of the Faith'' churches, barring them from calling themselves Catholic. <br>
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The church is also seeking unspecified monetary damages for donations worshippers gave to Capilla de la Fe thinking the money would go to the Catholic church. <br>
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Archbishop John Donoghue sent a letter in July warning churches about phony Spanish-speaking priests. <br>
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The letter says that congregants are being duped into believing they are in a Roman Catholic church. <br>
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The Capilla de la Fe churches would not allow reporters inside. A secretary at one location said only that the church was nondenominational.
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