Clergy Appealing to a Lower Authority

• By Matthew Murray
• Roll Call Staff
• Dec. 21, 2009, Midnight

Although an unapologetic Democrat, the Rev. Rick Friebel has shied away from politics in recent decades. But that all apparently changed nearly three years ago, when the Roman Catholic priest cut a $2,300 check to then-Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) surging presidential campaign, the first political contribution of Friebel’s 31-year career.