Catholic Charities Refuses to Disclose Number of Gays on Its Board, Staff
Catholic Charities’ refusal to disclose the number of gays and lesbians on its board and staff is threatening $1.5 million the agency receives from San Francisco each year for AIDS projects.
A city Health Commission rule, passed four years ago, allows contracts only with agencies whose staff and board are “representative of the target population” with respect to sexual orientation.
But Catholic Charities has refused to ask its AIDS program staff and 31 board members about their sexual orientation. “To ask about something so private as sexuality is wrong,” said Arthur Hudson, the agency’s chief executive officer.
The commission has delayed for at least two weeks its approval of the Peter Claver Community’s next six-month, $320,000-contract with the city.
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