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Mel Gibson Gives $5M 'Passion' Profits for Church
Mel Gibson has devoted $5 million of his "The Passion of the Christ” profits to expanding a religious compound near Malibu for Catholics who reject Vatican II reforms. According to federal tax filings, Gibson gave the $5 million to his tax-free private foundation, which has already spent millions on the 17-acre religious compound in Agoura Hills, Calif., north of Malibu. The compound includes the 9,000-square-foot Holy Family Catholic Church, which has about 70 members, and a collection of buildings under construction, Fox News reports. Last year the AP Reilly Foundation – which Gibson named for his late mother – spent $115,000 on architect’s fees, $171,000 on landscaping, $121,000 for engineering consulting and $50,000 on legal fees, according to Fox.
Story Continues Below The tax filings show that Gibson’s foundation now claims total net assets of $14 million, including the $5 million the actor deposited in 2005. As noted recently by NewsMax, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review revealed that Gibson is also establishing a church similar to Holy Family in Mt. Pleasant Township, Pa., called St. Michael the Archangel. The church is located in a remodeled home, and Gibson was reportedly persuaded by his father, 87-year-old Hutton, to assist in the purchase of the structure for $315,000. Mel and Hutton Gibson are followers of a breakaway branch of Catholicism that rejects the 1960s liturgical reforms implemented through the Second Vatican Council, including the abandonment of Latin in the Mass. St. Michael the Archangel, like the Holy Family Church, is not recognized by the archdiocese.
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