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Greensburg Diocese Granted Injunction Against HHS Mandate

June 20, 2014
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Catholic Charities, Diocese of Greensburg, Greensburg diocese, HHS Mandate, Judge Schwab, Pennsylvania Catholic, Religious Liberty
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Greensburg Bishop Lawrence E. Brandt issued the following statement in response to the preliminary injunction granted June 20, 2014, by U.S. District Court Judge Arthur Schwab in the Diocese of Greensburg’s lawsuit against the HHS Mandate.

I am pleased that U.S. District Court Judge Arthur Schwab has granted the Diocese of Greensburg and its related entities a preliminary injunction, halting enforcement of the HHS Mandate, while the diocesan lawsuit against the Mandate that was filed May 27 proceeds.
Today’s injunction prevents the federal government from imposing crippling fines on the diocese for noncompliance with the HHS Mandate beginning July 1, the start of the diocese’s health plan year and the date when the provisions of the Mandate would have gone into effect in the Diocese of Greensburg.
The government Mandate requires the health insurance plans of the Diocese’s elementary schools and Catholic Charities to cover services that violate Catholic teaching — including abortifacient drugs, sterilization procedures, contraceptives, and related education and counseling.
We cannot cover those services, and the penalties for noncompliance with the HHS Mandate would seriously jeopardize how our Catholic schools and Catholic Charities conduct their ministries and would jeopardize, in fact, their very existence.

Read the entire statement here. 

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