Donors say they’ll do it Colo. Springs

In his four-page letter, Kethcart argues that good Catholics can oppose Sheridan on his chosen issues and that politicians must represent all their constituents.

He called the letter a “divisive, callous and cold hearted dictum” and an example of “narrow- mindedness” and “misplaced and uninformed zealotry.”

“In this pastoral letter, you have chosen to lay down your staff and replace it with a bludgeon,” Kethcart wrote.

Unless Sheridan recants his position, Kethcart writes that he will have no choice but to revoke his $100,000 pledge toward a $3 million campaign for a new St. Mark’s church building in Highlands Ranch.

“The laity has to carry this issue because (clergy who may oppose Sheridan’s stance) can’t. I’ll take the heat,” said Kethcart, who previously served as northern region chairman of a $21.5 million diocese- wide capital campaign.