IRS Investigates Church for Possible Politicking in 2004 Campaign

The Internal Revenue Service is investigating an Episcopal church in California for possibly breaking federal law on political activities.

The move by the tax agency prompted Rep. Adam B. Schiff, a California Democrat, to write the IRS last week to defend the church, demand that the revenue service tell him about similar examinations of other nonprofit organizations, and threaten a Congressional inquiry.

The IRS warned All Saints Church in Pasadena that an antiwar sermon by a

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