….and we are assured by Michael Allen of Catholic Charities of West Tennessee that the oldest son in the family (a 20 year old) will get a job (maybe a menial job) and provide for the family of TWELVE! Who is he kidding! (Dad will arrive from Africa at a later date we are told).
Watch the clip from WREG News-3 here.
The mother of the family is 39 years old and the children range in age from a 1 year-old to the 20-year-old. (maybe Dad should stay in Africa!). All 12 live in a 3 bedroom apartment (probably a city housing code violation, but at least a violation of the contract Catholic Charities signs with the US State Department that funds Catholic Charities).
New readers: these Catholic agencies are not paying for most of this out of the kindness of parishioners’ charitable pocketbooks—they are paid by the US taxpayer and within a few months this family of 12 will be cut loose to sink or swim in the welfare system of Tennessee. Here is the most recent Form 990 for Catholic Charities of West TN. Their gross receipts were $4,269,096 and $2,112,095 came from government grants. Over $2 million goes to salaries and benefits for employees.