(CNSNews.com) – Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), late Friday, filed a formal complaint asking the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to investigate the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for allegedly engaging in prohibited political activity in violation of its nonprofit tax status.
The CREW complaint alleges that the nation’s Catholic bishops are “abusing their positions to advocate against the election of President Barack Obama,” and anticipated further actions during this weekend’s sermons.
The complaint mentions several bishops — including Nicholas Di Marzio in New York; David Ricken in Wisconsin; Edward J. Burns in Alaska and Paul Loverde in Virginia — who it said have “warned of the evils of the Obama administration, followed by an exhortation for Catholics to vote.”
CREW also alleges that some bishops “have cautioned that voting for Democrats would not be faithful to Christ and would endanger the soul.”
But the complaint zeroed in on Illinois Bishop Daniel Jenky, who, the liberal activist group said, “previously compared President Obama to Stalin and Hitler.”
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I believe the IRS just recently made it’s position clear; they are not going to investigate religious organizations for expressing their opinions. About time the IRS did something right for a change.
If Obama wins today, the IRS will have 60,000 new agents who can and will. Funny, in a Muslim temple, no one is allowed in if you are not a member. Their rights are respected and upheld. Black Churches have violated this political rule forever IE Reverend Wright is extremely Political and that is acceptable.
The Bishops letters didn’t say to vote Republican nor Democrat. They didn’t say vote for Romney nor Obama. The Bishops letters urged Catholics to Vote Their Conscience. If our Conscience isn’t allowed we are already in more trouble than we knew.
The IRS is already storm trooping some businesses with lots of guns and men without warrants to seize materials and computers. This is TOTALLY Illegal!!!!!
It IS unconstitutional for this bigoted CREW group to have the IRS investigate Catholic Bishops. Catholic Bishops have a God-given constitutional RIGHT to tell their Catholic congregations NOT to vote for Obama and other Demonrats who support the slaughter of unborn babies and the perversion of the homosexual lobby. Liberty Counsel says that doing this is NOT unconstitutional. In matter of fact, it is protected by the God-given U.S. Constitution and child-killing and homosexuality is what is destroying the family and this country. Christians need to stand up against these evils or we will face the wrath of God like never before. God IS NOT mocked.