[ninenot]

The attorney's JOB is to keep the Diocese out of court.

The Diocese's JOB is to keep its souls out of Hell.

The Diocese will have to decide which objective is more important...

[EODGUY]

Your quote:

"The attorney's JOB is to keep the Diocese out of court."

A quote from the article:

"Though Birnbaum cited a tax law, that others dispute would be broken if the church allowed the guides to be disseminated, CWN reports that his real motivation against the guides may be because of his support for pro-abortion candidates."

Based on this attorney's personal attitude toward the most important and basic Catholic doctrine (the sanctity of innocent human life) and proven support for those legislators who support his views, I am not as willing as you are to "assume" his counsel has as its primary intent to keep the Diocese out of court.

Since there seems to be no issue raised concerning pro-infanticide candidates actively campaigning from the Church pulpits of other tax-exempt religious denominations, I sincerely hope this attorney consulted with the Thomas More legal department before making his recommendation to the Bishop.