Group Challenges Tax Status of Archdiocese

[Quetzal]

Group Challenges Tax Status of Archdiocese

ST. LOUIS (AP) - A Catholic abortion-rights group has asked the Internal Revenue Service to revoke the tax-exempt status of the Archdiocese of St. Louis and to stop the archdiocese's attempts to influence the Nov. 2 election.

The complaint says the Roman Catholic archdiocese violated its status as a public charity because such groups are prohibited from acting for or against a certain candidate. The complaint was filed Tuesday by the Washington-based Catholics for a Free Choice.

The complaint cites an Oct. 1 pastoral letter by Archbishop Raymond Burke, who forbid Catholics to vote for candidates who support abortion rights, euthanasia, reproductive cloning, gay marriage and embryonic stem cell research - what Burke called the five "intrinsic evils."

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Group Challenges Tax Status of Archdiocese

[jeningermany]

1. Great!

As soon as the Catholic church and their representatives started making political statements trying to influence parishoners' votes their tax exempt status should have been withdrawn!

[Cleopatra2a]

2. This was in our church bulletin last week

We're in Oklahoma! I'm glad someone is doing something about this.