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Article Archives >> Lead Stories >> February 1-29, 2008

Charity Fined $40,000 For Failure
To Register to Solicit Contributions
After 17 years of proceedings, Tennessee Court
says it is time to pay up and comply with the law

A charity formed to protect religious freedom and help free Catholic priests jailed in foreign countries has lost its challenge to the Tennessee charitable solicitation registration law.  It has been ordered to pay $40,000 in civil penalties and stop soliciting until it complies with the law.  The decision comes after 17 years of administrative and court proceedings.  (Free the Fathers v. State, Ct. of App., TN, No. M2006-02329-COA-R3-CV, 2/7/08.)

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