Unbelievable. Another strong-armed bully tactic from the Catholic Church.

The Sacramento Bee is reporting the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento has pulled the plug on funding the Francis House homeless services agency in Sacramento. Described as “largest homeless services agencies in the Sacramento region, serving upward of 25,000 people,” the non-denominational agency has enjoyed grants as large as $10,000 from the diocese for decades.

What changed? They hired a new director in April, Rev. Faith Whitmore.

Whitmore, a United Methodist minister, took over leadership of Francis House in April after the sudden death of longtime executive director Gregory Bunker. Within her own denomination, she has been a strong advocate of same-sex marriage. In 2008, during a short period in which gay marriage was legal in California, Whitmore openly defied church law by marrying same-sex couples. She has said publicly that she supports a woman’s right to obtain an abortion.  In an interview Wednesday, she called the diocese’s decision to discontinue its support “surprising and disappointing.”

. . . It’s time for the Church to admit they are not a charity, but a political action committee[!]

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