CCHD in Wisconsin - even more

Two groups who are funded by the CCHD in Wisconsin, ESTER and JOSHUA, have discontinued their partnership with the pro abortion group Gamaliel.  

From the Diocese of Green Bay newspaper, The Compass

In an interview with The Compass Nov. 13, Stephanie Gyldenvand, ESTHER organizer and spokesperson, said she and other ESTHER and JOSHUA officials were upset to learn about HCAN's abortion stance.
"When we started with HCAN, there was an agreed set of principles" on health care reform, she said. "But the position they decided to take (on abortion), without notifying anyone, made it clear that our partnership could no longer continue."

Good article also goes into the email that is circulating and the corrective actions the groups took.

The Diocese of La Crosse has yet to issue anything publicly to clarify the confusion.

The fact remains that Bishop Morlino of Madison is not participating in the CCHD collection this weekend until he has completed his own investigation of the funds being spent. And other groups directly funded by the CCHD nationally have directly funded to promotion of abortion, contraception, and same sex "marriage."  Milwaukee group Voces dela Frontera, still remains in question as I have seen no corrective statement made regarding this group by the Milwaukee Archdiocese or elsewhere. 

Voces de la Frontera – Wisconsin - $50,000

• Promoted homosexual campaign “Gayneighbor.org” for ally group Equality Wisconsin in Oct. 2009 newsletter
• Listed as member of “Health Care for America Now”
  Health Care for America Now firmly stated:
  
  • “When we say health care for all, we also mean preserving the reproductive health care coverage women currently have.”
    
    (Richard Kirsche) “Unfortunately, the House legislation included a provision that will deny some women access to abortion services, a standard benefit now available on the insurance market. We will work to see that women have access to comprehensive health coverage in the final bill that passes.”
    
    A central promise of health care reform is that if you like the health care coverage you have, you can keep it. Today in America, millions of women who buy health care on their own or who get it through the small business employer have abortion care coverage. Congressman Stupak's amendment would strip them of that coverage, breaking that central promise.
    
    Stupak wants to outlaw abortion coverage in the new health insurance Exchange, where individuals and small businesses will purchase their coverage. Instead, women would only be able to purchase abortion coverage in a "abortion rider" plan - a single-service plan that covers abortion only. Such an "abortion rider" is discriminatory and illogical. Women do not plan to have unintended pregnancies (or pregnancies in which a complication will arise that will require ending the pregnancy). In fact, about half of all pregnancies are unintended. Abortion is simply not something that women plan to insure against.

I haven't seen any emails yet "attacking" the bishops, but apparently some are circulating which are not being charitable.  That is unfortunate.  Even though Catholics have been extremely scandalized in our time, we must show the bishops the same respect we would show Jesus Christ, the High Priest.  The Holy Father recently spoke on the need for charity dealing with others on the internet as well as in person.  Hopefully the situation nationwide with the CCHD will be corrected and perhaps additional oversight or precautions can be taken to ensure proper handling of our donations.