I imagine the ordinary has a good deal of discretion in setting the rates. Atlanta has had the low flat fee for a long time, I think the previous AB instituted it.
Out of curiosity, did your friends encounter the higher rates in a liberal or an orthodox diocese?
40 posted on 02/07/2007 10:37:38 AM PST by AnAmericanMother
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