There you go again, Smokey. The Catholic Church doesn't "allow" priests to abuse children. That just doesn't make sense. Why would anyone do that?

I can see Sinsull's question about bishops withholding funds from a shelter; but I can also see that the bishops are between a rock and a hard place, since they're required to support the party line. While most of the homeless charities in Sacramento have Catholic roots, they have been careful to disassociate themselves from the diocese. We do get funds from the diocese at the women's center, but we make sure we're not dependent on those funds. For that matter, it's probably wise for most charities not to be dependent on any one source for funds - you never know when a source is going to back out. Still, we don't advertise what we do that the bishop and other donors might not approve of. That's one of the risks nonprofits have to take - depending on money that often has strings attached.

-Joe-