{"id":4055,"date":"2005-08-11T13:19:14","date_gmt":"2005-08-11T13:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/08\/whos-in-charge-1.html"},"modified":"2005-08-11T13:19:14","modified_gmt":"2005-08-11T13:19:14","slug":"whos-in-charge-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/08\/whos-in-charge-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Who&#8217;s in charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirrorofjustice.com\/mirrorofjustice\/2005\/08\/bringing_the_ch.html\">Rob Vischer has more concerns<\/a> about that hearing yesterday on church finances<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Robert Araujo&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirrorofjustice.com\/mirrorofjustice\/2005\/08\/old_england_and.html\"><span style=\"color: #003366\">misgivings<\/span><\/a> about the legislative effort in Massachusetts to require financial disclosure by all nonprofit organizations, including churches, are underscored by the public <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/massachusetts\/articles\/2005\/08\/11\/archdiocese_skips_hearing_stirs_ire\/\"><span style=\"color: #003366\">hearing<\/span><\/a> held yesterday on the issue.&nbsp; The Boston archdiocese was widely criticized for not participating in the hearing, which seemed to function (judging by the news report) as a pep rally for efforts to assert greater lay control over the Church.&nbsp; The sponsoring state senator explained that &quot;[f]inancial transparency can better ensure moral transparency.&quot;&nbsp; Little comfort is offered by Governor Romney, who has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/massachusetts\/articles\/2005\/08\/09\/romney_backs_church_disclosure\/\"><span style=\"color: #003366\">suggested<\/span><\/a> that such legislation can allow the public &quot;to make sure the money is being properly spent.&quot;&nbsp; <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>ww<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rob Vischer has more concerns about that hearing yesterday on church finances Robert Araujo&#8217;s misgivings about the legislative effort in Massachusetts to require financial disclosure by all nonprofit organizations, including churches, are underscored by the public hearing held yesterday on the issue.&nbsp; The Boston archdiocese was widely criticized for not participating in the hearing, which&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Who&#039;s in charge - Via Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/08\/whos-in-charge-1.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Who&#039;s in charge - Via Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rob Vischer has more concerns about that hearing yesterday on church finances Robert Araujo&#8217;s misgivings about the legislative effort in Massachusetts to require financial disclosure by all nonprofit organizations, including churches, are underscored by the public hearing held yesterday on the issue.&nbsp; 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