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New one to be added: "Our Lady of the Perpetually Exempt"

This morning, I saw the story on CBS about how to prove that Televangilists are scamming the IRS, comedian John Oliver was able to set up his own church, Our Lady of the Perpetually Exempt, to prove that the IRS turns blind eyes to whatever fits the criterea of a 'church'. The story pointed out that between 2009 and 2013, the IRS didn't do any checks on new churches, and only three were done in the last year.

John Oliver's "Church" was granted tax exemption by the IRS, proving his point.