GROUP CHALLENGES TAX-EXEMPT STATUS OF ST. LOUIS ARCHDIOCESE: From the Associated Press

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 forbade 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." ...

Catholics for a Free Choice has filed a similar complaint against the Archdiocese of Denver.

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