Catholic Donor Argues Against High Court Review Of Church Autonomy Question

( April 6, 2026, 12:49 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court should deny a petition for a writ of certiorari posing a church autonomy question in a putative class case accusing the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) of fraud related to Peter’s Pence Collection as no circuit split actually exists, the rulings on the issues are correct and the case presents a poor vehicle to decide the question presented, a Catholic donor argues in his April 3 opposition brief....