Maryland Church Ordered To Evict Homeless Or Pay $12,000 Fine

"When Rev. Katie Grover arrived on a recent morning at Patapsco United Methodist Church, one of two congregations she pastors in the Baltimore area, she was surprised to find a $12,000 citation attached to the door. According to the citation, the church, located on a busy street in Dundalk, Md., had violated a county regulation that prohibits 'non-permitted rooming and boarding' houses by allowing homeless individuals to sleep on church grounds."