The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta said yesterday that Archbishop Wilton Gregory will sell a $2.2 million mansion just three months after he moved in, the ABC News website reports today (April 6, 2014).
Archbishop Gregory publicly apologized last Monday for building such a costly residence for himself with archdiocese funds, and will move out in early May.
"I have decided to sell the Habersham property and invest the proceeds from that sale into the needs of the Catholic community," Gregory said.
A group of Catholics in Gregory's archdiocese have been asking since January that he sell the nearly 6,400 square-foot mansion in keeping with the tone of austerity set by Pope Francis. Elected Pope just over a year ago, Francis has denounced the "idolatry of money" and warned against "insidious worldliness" within the church.
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