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Q.
Okay. You said that you�re required by the IRS
to keep certain folders. Which folders are you talking
about?
 
A.
No. The Church is required by the IRS to keep
accurate financial records, so any - - any donations made
by parishioners, we have to keep track of those. We�re
required every year to give them a statement of their
account. So
--
 
Q.
So all those folders -- are they accessible to
us, all those folders having to do with your financial
records, as far as you know?
 
A.
I don�t know what the normal legal proceedings
are to get them. But as far as I know, there wouldn�t be
any reason you couldn�t get them. But you�d have to check
that with - -
 
Q.
How do your records request relate to someone
who is deceased? What happens to a person�s files after
they�re deceased?
 
A.
They go to archives.
Q.
And where is that? Los Angeles?
A.
No.
Well, I don�t know how far back we�re required
to keep files. I know that, last year, we had a bunch of
our financial records from, like, you know, ten years or
so ago, go out to Los Angeles. But as far as I know --

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