Man Sues Pope: Church Bells Ruined My Marriage
WND - (9-4-13) A Rhode Island man has filed a federal lawsuit against Pope Francis and others, claiming the frequent bell-ringing of the Catholic Church across the street has disrupted his life so much …More
WND - (9-4-13)
A Rhode Island man has filed a federal lawsuit against Pope Francis and others, claiming the frequent bell-ringing of the Catholic Church across the street has disrupted his life so much, it helped precipitate the demise of his marriage.
John Devaney, 64, of Narragansett, R.I., lives directly across from the picturesque St. Thomas More Catholic Church.
"The bells have been going off 700 times a week, a very loud volume, and it's been going on for too long," he told the Providence Journal in a videotaped interview. "I'm not getting any response back from the people that control the bell-ringing."
"We live in a historic neighborhood. I think we should get back to removing the amplifiers and the loudspeakers. And then I think they should bring the bells back to a reasonable number and a reasonable time. Right now it's 8:45 [a.m.], and 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock during the week, and it's more on weekends. It's just a lot for a small neighborhood. I've complained to everybody …More
A Rhode Island man has filed a federal lawsuit against Pope Francis and others, claiming the frequent bell-ringing of the Catholic Church across the street has disrupted his life so much, it helped precipitate the demise of his marriage.
John Devaney, 64, of Narragansett, R.I., lives directly across from the picturesque St. Thomas More Catholic Church.
"The bells have been going off 700 times a week, a very loud volume, and it's been going on for too long," he told the Providence Journal in a videotaped interview. "I'm not getting any response back from the people that control the bell-ringing."
"We live in a historic neighborhood. I think we should get back to removing the amplifiers and the loudspeakers. And then I think they should bring the bells back to a reasonable number and a reasonable time. Right now it's 8:45 [a.m.], and 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock during the week, and it's more on weekends. It's just a lot for a small neighborhood. I've complained to everybody …More
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Maybe the bells were reminding him that he needed to go to church,..he didn't want any of that! 
But, who could blame him, if it's the novus ordo 
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Maybe the bells were reminding him that he needed to go to church,..he didn't want any of that!
But, who could blame him, if it's the novus ordo
But, who could blame him, if it's the novus ordo