South Carolina Priest Had Support Originally (then there is that tax-exempt thing that seems to get in the way)

A very interesting story about the Administrator of Charleston's initial response to Fr. Newman was one of praise . . . HERE
Something that was interesting to me was this quote from the article:

As an exclusive, I have attached below a letter sent out by Msgr. Laughlin in October gravely warning priests against presenting anything from the pulpit that could be interpreted by the IRS as threatening the Church’s tax exempt status.

Please read the article to get the full story.