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Bishop Frederick F. Campbell of Columbus, Ohio, is the latest Catholic bishop to instruct churches and schools that he oversees to not engage in fundraising for the Komen for the Cure organization because of its ties to Planned Parenthood.
In July, Most Reverend Leonard P. Blair, the Bishop of Toledo, Ohio, said numerous questions Catholic have raised about Komen prompted him and his fellow Ohio bishops to investigate and his conclusion is that Komen has connections to the Planned Parenthood abortion business and embryonic stem cell research. Bishop Blair said he wanted to direct money in his diocese away from Komen and towards other charities without the same concerns.
The Catholic bishops of Ohio, with the exception of Cleveland Bishop Richard Lennon, eventually released a statement that directs Catholic parishes’ and schools’ fundraising efforts toward activities and organizations fully consistent with Catholic moral teaching. Their conclusion is that, while they support efforts to arrest breast cancer, they don’t believe Komen is the best recipient of funds from Ohio Catholics.
Now, Campbell has moved ahead, according to the Columbus Dispatch newspaper, directing the schools and parishes in the diocese he oversees in central Ohio from helping Komen. Deacon Tom Berg Jr., vice chancellor of the diocese, told the newspaper the statement from the Ohio bishops “speaks for” Bishop Campbell and that no further statement would be released.
“The concern is that there has been documentation that other affiliates (of Komen, in other states) have donated to Planned Parenthood,” he said.
lifenews.com/2011/08/19/catholic-bishop-church-cant-back-komen-because-of-abortion/
In July, Most Reverend Leonard P. Blair, the Bishop of Toledo, Ohio, said numerous questions Catholic have raised about Komen prompted him and his fellow Ohio bishops to investigate and his conclusion is that Komen has connections to the Planned Parenthood abortion business and embryonic stem cell research. Bishop Blair said he wanted to direct money in his diocese away from Komen and towards other charities without the same concerns.
The Catholic bishops of Ohio, with the exception of Cleveland Bishop Richard Lennon, eventually released a statement that directs Catholic parishes’ and schools’ fundraising efforts toward activities and organizations fully consistent with Catholic moral teaching. Their conclusion is that, while they support efforts to arrest breast cancer, they don’t believe Komen is the best recipient of funds from Ohio Catholics.
Now, Campbell has moved ahead, according to the Columbus Dispatch newspaper, directing the schools and parishes in the diocese he oversees in central Ohio from helping Komen. Deacon Tom Berg Jr., vice chancellor of the diocese, told the newspaper the statement from the Ohio bishops “speaks for” Bishop Campbell and that no further statement would be released.
“The concern is that there has been documentation that other affiliates (of Komen, in other states) have donated to Planned Parenthood,” he said.
lifenews.com/2011/08/19/catholic-bishop-church-cant-back-komen-because-of-abortion/