Bishop Hermann v. Catholic Charities

A dust-up is taking place in the Archdiocese of St. Louis between Catholic Charities and the apostolic administrator who is keeping things running until a replacement is named for Archbishop Burke.

They seem to have plenty of these spats in STL, and the local press is never very sympathetic to the hierarchy (my comments in underlined brackets):

The St. Louis Archdiocese has demanded that Catholic Charities, the largest private provider of social services in Missouri, turn over control of the way it raises its money. [notice, the way it raises money, not its actual money]

The acting leader of the archdiocese, Bishop Robert Hermann, has given the board members an ultimatum: Agree with his plan, or get out. [I'm sure he didn't phrase it that way, plus "ultimatum" is such a loaded term]

The archdiocese says that it has talked with Catholic Charities about its "day-to-day operations" and that it wants to better coordinate fundraising with the agency. But, at least one board member claims the dispute is really about the archdiocese trying to seize control of the nonprofit and how it is run. [I don't think it's a matter of seizing control - the charity is actually constituted to have the head of the archdiocese oversee it]

In a memo to board members dated Oct. 30 and obtained by the Post-Dispatch, Hermann wrote that Catholic Charities "was allowed ... to drift in a direction that began to work contrary to the desires of Archbishop Rigali and Archbishop Burke" and that the relationship between the Archdiocese and Catholic Charities is "at an impasse." [I'd like to know the specifics of what Catholic Charities has been up to]

More from the St Louis Post-Dispatch.

Do any AmP readers want to add context?

Ph/t: AmP reader Jean.