Catholic Charities halt benefits to employees’ spouses

WASHINGTON — The Archdiocese of Washington’s social service branch will stop offering benefits to spouses of new employees in a bid to balance the District of Columbia’s new same-sex “marriage” law with Catholic opposition to homosexuality. Edward Orzechowski, president and CEO of Catholic Charities of Washington, informed the group’s 850 employees of the change in a letter March 1, two…