Catholic Church Ends Its Support of Acorn

The Roman Catholic Church is cutting off its support to the advocacy group Acorn, citing concerns over the organization’s handling of voter-registration drives in the November 4 election, reports CNN.

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development, which has donated more than $7.3-million to Acorn-related projects over the past decade, halted its contributions to the group in June amid allegations that Dale Rathke, the brother of Acorn founder Wade Rathke, had embezzled almost $1-million. Mr. Rathke did not comment for the article.