Supreme Court turns aside effort by Catholic bishops to terminate lawsuit by donor

Plaintiff claims he was misled over how donations to charitable fund would be spent

St. Peter’s Cathedral at the Vatican. Photo by Nick Castelli; licensed by Unsplash.

At least for the time being, the U.S. Supreme Court isn’t going to get involved in a class action lawsuit involving allegations that the Catholic Church did not spend money donated to an annual collection known as Peter’s Pence in the way promised.

The high court said in a…