Shriners Spin Away "Breakdown of Spiritual Order"?

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The information presented in this document should be part of Part III of the exempt organization tax return, the 990. The tax return states:

All organizations must describe their exempt purpose achievements in a clear and concise manner. State the number of clients served, publications issued, etc. Discuss achievements that are not measurable.

The Shriners use the same boiler plate answer year after year, while plugging in different numbers. They usually sum up their activities as:

a. Treatment of pediatric burn victims admissions: 2,779, outpatient clinic visits: 213,277 at 2 burns hospitals.
b. Treatment of orthopedic patients admissions: 19,462 outpatient clinic visits: 213,257 at 16 orthopedic hospitals (including one dual use hospital).

That's it. Why would the Shriners hide the details of research projects, publications, patents or millions given for research grants from the IRS, yet release such a glowing report two months before the Grand Masters meet? Maybe it's because if this information was disclosed on their tax returns, they'd also have to disclose the fact that the Cincinnati Shriners hospital received two warning letters from the FDA and ten letters from the Office of Human Research Protection after both agencies found that those conducting clinical studies had violated human subject protections, disregarded protocols and failed to keep adequate medical records? So what does any of this have to do with the world's Grand Masters? I came across a paper written by India's Grand Master that was presented at the 7th world conference of Masonic Grand Lodges held in Santiago, Chile. Arun Chintopanth spoke about "Freemasonry, Universalism and World Society at the Beginning of the XXI Century" one particular phrase he used caught my eye: It's the "breakdown of spiritual order." From where I sit, it appears that the Shriners have been hijacked by those who have violated their Masonic vows; hijacked by those wanting to run their non profit hospitals like a money making business; hijacked by those who abuse their positions of public trust for private gain; hijacked by those who may have suffered a personal "breakdown of spiritual order" by acting as if "Shrine law is above the law of the land" to the point that they get busted by the FBI in a prostitution sting and have been called as witnesses to testify about their alleged involvement in child sex tourism. A statement issued by the Grand Lodges of Scotland, England and Ireland in 1938 states:

Everyone who enters Freemasonry is, at the outset, strictly forbidden to countenance any act which may have a tendency to subvert the peace and good order of society, he must pay due obedience to the law of any state in which he resides....

It's time for those Shriners AKA Jesters involved with these crimes to answer to someone.

Someone like the Grand Masters who are currently meeting in Washington DC.

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