Pasadena Church May Fight IRS Summons
All Saints' rector seeks legal and lay opinion on response to probe over an antiwar sermon.
By Scott Glover and Louis Sahagun,
Times Staff Writers

September 18, 2006
A liberal Pasadena church facing an IRS investigation over alleged politicking sounded a defiant note Sunday, with its leaders and many congregants saying the probe amounted to an assault on their constitutional rights and that they were inclined to defy the agency's request for documents.

"These people are offended," said the Rev. Ed Bacon, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church, after delivering an impassioned sermon about the investigation to a standing-room-only crowd of about 900. "Freedom of speech and freedom of religion have been assaulted by this act of the IRS, and I think my people want to be heard in court." the rest