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There's been a lot of negative news for people of faith, especially Catholics, in recent years. This week, the hits kept coming. Our pals at Gothamist got the scoop on Rev. Kevin J. Gray, a Connecticut priest accused of taking $1.3 million from the Sacred Heart Church. Among other things, Gray allegedly spent the cash on escorts. He also reportedly claimed to have cancer when he was cancer free. If that wasn't enough, over 100 tombstones were knocked over last weekend at St. Mary’s Parish of Lynn. Negative news has obviously hurt the Church's bottom line. A slow economy made it worse. The Globe reported that Mass attendance and Catholic school enrollment in the Archdiocese of Boston are both down. Also, one-third of parishes lost money in 2009. On Tuesday a new approach to financing Archdiocese of Boston activities was revealed. Basically, local parishes will have to make contributions to a central archdiocese fund. We'll call it revenue sharing. Not everyone likes it. Must be Yankees fans. People are still apparently praying, possibly even to an "image" of Jesus Christ at a water park it seems. more ›