A Religious Left group that spearheaded a defense of the Obamacare contraception/abortifacient mandate has spent the past three months scrambling for financial support after a scandal wiped out its funds. The story took another unexpected turn last week when the former United Methodist minister responsible for the funds took his own life.
The Religious Institute claims it is owed over $400,000 after a trusted non-profit fiscal agent who handled the organization’s finances informed the group that it was out of money in late February. The Rev. Steven E. Clapp led The Christian Community Inc., an Indiana-based nonprofit that accepted donations and handled finances on behalf of the Religious Institute, which until recently did not have its own tax-exempt status. Clapp’s May 15 death was ruled suicide by a coroner.
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