{"id":1168,"date":"2009-01-12T17:59:36","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T17:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2009\/01\/aclu-claims-catholic-bishops-m.php"},"modified":"2009-01-12T17:59:36","modified_gmt":"2009-01-12T17:59:36","slug":"aclu-claims-catholic-bishops-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2009\/01\/aclu-claims-catholic-bishops-m","title":{"rendered":"ACLU Claims Catholic Bishops Misusing Grant Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BOSTON &#8211; A new lawsuit claims Catholic bishops are wrongly imposing their beliefs on victims of human trafficking by not letting federal grant money be used for emergency contraception, condoms or abortions.<br \/>\nThe American Civil Liberties Union filed the complaint Monday in federal court in Boston against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.<br \/>\nIt claims HHS, which distributes grant money to help trafficking victims, has allowed the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to limit the services its subcontractors provide to female trafficking victims.<br \/>\nThe ACLU says the bishops&#8217; conference is misusing taxpayer money and attempting to impose its religious beliefs on trafficking victims.<br \/>\nA spokeswoman for the conference did not immediately return a call seeking comment.<br \/>\n<em>Associated Press &#8211; January 12, 2009<br \/>\nCopyright 2009 The Associated Press. 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