Back in the day the church had all manual labor done by the members, including all construction and repairs that would normally require licensed people. My neighbor was one of these people who was just really handy with projects and could do anything. He was about 55 years old, very healthy and had a long career ahead of him still. He was called to help re-roof the church. He was up there with no safety equipment, and fell off. Crushed both his feet. He could barely get around with a walker after the accident, was in constant pain, and it ended his career.

The church refused to even reimburse his medical bills.

He sued the church, and after a huge court battle he won his suit. The church not only had to pay his medical bills but they had to pay him a huge settlement because of how extensive his injuries were.

The ward completely shunned him for what he did. I have never seen a group of people be so rude and nasty to someone as they were. Even the kids in the church were disrespectful.

The whole thing was just awful, and made it glaringly obvious how the church just uses and takes advantage of it's members. My mom claims his lawsuit is why the church hires contractors for jobs that require licensing now.

The church has insurance policies for things like this so it's not even as though the payout is coming directly from other's tithing. Idiots.



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Don't you just hate it when you see that the church is all 'self, self, self. The willing members are waaaaaay down on their priority list.

Come on morg people get your act together and start to think for yourseves then you'll see what the church is really about.

As to the ward's reaction... awful. Just goes to show how deeply the Cult's hooks are, in members.

If your mom is right, and "his lawsuit is why the church hires contractors for jobs that require licensing now," then todays' repair-handy members can thank your neighbor for being able to avoid his sad fate!

Glad to hear he was successful in his lawsuit and the church was held accountable for something. As far as hiring licensed contractors, just another example of how the church will only do the right thing if it costs them a shit ton of $$$ not to.

Oh and do you get ex'd if you sue the church?