The California Catholic Daily website reports today (March 9, 2012) that the Diocese of Sacramento has decided to end two decades of financial support to a non-profit agency serving the homeless, after the center named as its director a Methodist minister known for her outspoken support of abortion and same-sex marriage.
The homeless center -- Francis House -- named Methodist minister Rev. Faith Whitmore as its executive director in April 2011.
Whitmore -- former senior pastor of St. Mark's Methodist Church in Sacramento -- has a long record of public advocacy of same-sex marriage and abortion.
Consequently, the Diocese of Sacramento -- with the approval of Bishop Jaime Soto -- sent a letter to the charity saying that, because of Whitmore's record of public opposition to Catholic teaching, it was "impossible for the diocese to continue funding Francis House."
