Diocese penalizes homeless aid group
The bishop and a national organization end financial support after Preble Street backs same-sex marriage.
By Tom Belltbell@mainetoday.com
Staff Writer
PORTLAND - A social service agency's support for same-sex marriage has cost it local and national funding from the Catholic Church's anti-poverty program.
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Preble Street's Homeless Voices for Justice program has lost $17,400 this year and will lose $33,000 that it expected for its next fiscal year.
Officials with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland and the Washington-based Catholic Campaign for Human Development say that Preble Street violated its grant agreement by supporting Maine's "No on 1" campaign last fall.
