Bishop Sis urges Abilene to manage pay day loans
Bishop Michael J. Sis may be the bishop of Catholic Diocese of San Angelo. (Picture: Reporter-News file) Purchase Picture
Issue towards the top of a flier asked, “Why should Christians care?”
Mary Cooksey had an instant and answer that is decisive.
“Victimizing anybody by any means just isn’t right,” she said.
To those like Cooksey who collected Friday to listen to a presentation on payday and car name loans, there aren’t any greater victims than individuals who end up in a cycle that is endless of attempting to repay those loans — usually the indegent that don’t get access to other forms of loans.
The meeting had been sponsored because of the Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian lifestyle Commission, the Catholic Diocese of San Angelo, and Texas Appleseed, a nonprofit in Austin that actually works for social justice.
The purpose of the conference would be to provide information also to urge pastors and faith communities in Abilene to simply help push for the town ordinance that will partially regulate the payday loan industry.
“I’ve unearthed that having religious leaders talk to town councils is truly, really effective,” stated Brett Merfish, staff lawyer for Texas Appleseed.
The gathering, attended by about 50 individuals, happened in Logsdon Chapel at Baptist-affiliated Hardin-Simmons University, nevertheless the opening presenter, Bishop Michael Sis associated with the Catholic Diocese of San Angelo, managed to make it clear that the matter must certanly be of concern to a section that is broad of. Continue reading “Bishop Sis urges Abilene to manage pay day loans”