[OLD REGGIE]

That has nothing to do with anything. (Except, of course, not answering my question.)

It has much to do with it. A choice is made for a reason.

Do you think the church would have refused the contribution from the family if they had said "this money cannot be used for Archdiocese expenses".

For the record, I see nothing wrong with the church accepting the families money.

[SoothingDave]

Do you think the church would have refused the contribution from the family if they had said "this money cannot be used for Archdiocese expenses".

That would be rather silly. The point, still irrelevant, is that VOTF wanted to position itself as a holder of pursestrings, as a "filter" of funds, in a direct challenge to the authority of the diocese.

A wealthy donor can be humored, having some say in who benefits from his largess. But that s quite different from the assault that is VOTF.

SD