Woman escorted from her church

Richmond Times Dispatch ^ | 5/31/2006 | ALBERTA LINDSEY

[petkus]

Police called after she was told not to come; she wants documents

A Hopewell woman, a vocal critic of the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, was escorted by police from her parish church over the weekend after she refused to leave.

Lynn Allgeier, 58, who has attended St. James Catholic Church in Hopewell for eight years, has tried to get the diocese and her parish to make their financial records available for inspection by the laity. She also wants to read the personnel file of Saint James' pastor, the Rev. Frank L. Wiggins Jr.

"They wouldn't give me a line-by-line budget showing how money is spent. I want that, and I want to know the history of the priest," Allgeier said.

William Etherington, an attorney for the diocese, said Allgeier has been disruptive.

"She accuses people of things that are not true and demands she be able to interview the pastor. The pastor has said, 'I don't want you here.' And he has the right to say that."

[fortheDeclaration]

Amen to your picture.

[netmilsmom]

>>Amen to your picture.<<

Thanks! On a hot summer day, they need all the prayers they can get in those costumes. The older one actually got sick at a local Polish fair after dancing last Sunday.

Velvet, tights and many layers are not good in 90 degree heat!

[Busywhiskers]

Churches are not merely tax exempt organizations. They enjoy a greater level of constitutional protect under the 1st Amendment. For example, they do not have to file the tax returns other 501(c)(3) organizations have to file nor ask the IRS for recognition as a exempt organization.

[Westlander]

Thanks for the alleged joke.
The pic was posted to make up for your shortcomings.

[TontoKowalski]

I'll have to remember that the next time some Jack Chick devotee starts throwing apocolyptic accusations around about the Catholic Church and/or Catholics in general, or Catholic FReepers in particular.

Oh boy! Catholics, Protestants, and now Jack Chick's name thrown in, too.

Quick! Somebody ping the Masons and the Mormons, and lets have a REAL circus on the thread!

[netmilsmom]

>>Thanks for the alleged joke.
The pic was posted to make up for your shortcomings.<<

Honestly, being a Pole myself, I love that joke. My grandmother who was straight out of Poland told it to me.
Well actually, yes! My shortcomings are not in doubt at all.
I'm quite proud to show off two of the only good things that have come from this sinner!

(I apologize if it was too big for our dial-up viewers)