Wednesday, November 17, 2004
EMAIL FROM A READER
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1280813/posts
Many of you may recall three years ago when through the Campaign for Human Development, the Cleveland Diocese awarded a $30,000 grant to a group affiliated with the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL). The story received national publicity, and after hundreds of Catholic pro-lifers called and e-mailed the diocese and the CCHD national headquarters, the grant was stopped. See related stories here:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=23573
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2001/jul/01070501.html
With schools in this diocese closing and solid Catholic and pro-life nonprofits struggling to financially survive, we had hoped the diocese had learned its lesson.
Sadly, it has not.
New information reveals that the Cleveland diocese is again funding a least one organization affiliated with a pro-abortion umbrella group, Community Shares - an organization that includes as its members Planned Parenthood, the Ohio ACLU and the Cleveland abortion clinic PreTerm.
The Diocese recently awarded a $30,000 to the East Side Organizing Project. (Earlier this year, according to the Washington Post, ESOP embarrassed itself by storming the home of Karl Rove in Washington, shouting and knocking on the windows of his home as his young children sat inside.)
ESOP is a member of the pro-abortion umbrella group, Community Shares. Community Shares gives thousands of dollars each year to abortion clinics and other pro-abortion organizations.
A list of members (including PreTerm, Planned Parenthood and East Side Organizing Project) can be found here:
http://www.communityshares.org/members.shtml
The announcement of the $30,000 grant to ESOP can be found here:
http://fdncenter.org/cleveland/gtmd/cl_gtmd_010104.html
More info can found here:
http://defundabortion.blogspot.com/
Please take action immediately be e-mailing Father Robert Vitillo, the Executive Director of the Campaign for Human Development:
bvitillo@usccb.org
And e-mailing the Diocese of Cleveland at:
ljurcak@dioceseofcleveland.org
rtayek@dioceseofcleveland
info@dioceseofcleveland.org
The pro-abortion grant three years ago was only stopped after a huge public response from faithful pro-life Catholics. Please take the time to speak out on this issue and encourage others to do so by forwarding this e-mail.
God Bless,
Dan Coyne
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While I haven't yet checked through these websites, I do remember the flap a couple of years ago. At that time, after reviewing the stories concerned, I concluded I would no longer contribute to Catholic Charities because of the Campaign for Human Development. I have not changed that position and still choose to make contributions to individual charities rather than to the general fund. Sad to see that history seems to be repeating itself.
Carrie
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
