Seems to me that it's none of her business how the church spends money. If she gives money it's freely given by her choice but I suspect she doesn't give. I also doubt she has any right to info on the priest either.
I think she needs to put some ice on it and go to a church that agrees with her demands if they choose to do so.
What a sad state of affairs. I shall keep her in prayer.
The parish nut. Every Church has at least one.
All tax exempt organizations, in my opinion, should open their books to examination. Any agenda would be easier to detect.
Why would she want to go to a church that she suspects?
Been attending for eight years and has only recently become disruptive? Sounds like she may have some well-founded suspicions.
Considering
A. scandal of wasted parish donations being used by priests for personal enrichment, for example in Florida,
and
B. the moving of priests who are homosexual predators around, within and outside of different dioceses in the US
It seems to me the woman has some legitimate questions.
Why wouldn't a parrish want to operate their finances in an open manner? Why wouldn't the information be available to their parishioners?
The days of a gullible segment of Faithful ought to be over, these types of questions are reasonable and should be the norm in every parrish..
It's not just parishioners who volunteer to teach children CCD who need to be fingerprinted as is happening in Arlington, full disclosure of the priest should also be a given.
I'm a little surprised by the diocese's response. I'm curious as to her persistence in pursuing this. In my diocese, most financial information is presented to the public in a balance sheet style in the bulletin. General biographical information is also made available. I'm curious, and the article doesn't really say, about the 'why' of her actions. Is she a nut job? Or a whistle blower? Sadly, in my diocese and in my parish, several 'nutjobs' who were dismissed and told they weren't welcome, and one was kept away by letter, turned out to be vindicated (never officially) when a variety of errors were uncovered and corrected.
Did she ever hear of a place called "court"? If you can't resolve a dispute civilly, that's where you go rather than be a pain in the ass.
Now the court may not have jurisdiction, and if so the matter is over. Go to a different church.
That's a good way to burn in hell forever.
Says it all.
The sheperd is disturbed, I see.
"She's thinking about attending a non Catholic Church"
Well, the Episcopal Church may have Queer Bishops but the Parish Books are open to the Parishioners who have to vote on the budget at the annual Business Meeting of the Parish.
Usually, the monthly church newsletter will have the line item budget numbers as to budget/actual expenditures.
Also since tyhe Vestry (Board) of the Church "calls" the Pastor, they have interviewed him/her and hopefully checked references.
I have a feeling this one will be a pain wherever she ends up however.