I read about Paul Madore’s protest against the Catholic Church (Feb. 26) with my own sense of anger and dismay.

The protest stemmed from two state legislators, described as abortion rights advocates, who were involved in a fund-raising effort at a Catholic church to provide heating oil assistance for low-income families.

Madore supports boycotting the Bishop’s Appeal as a means of protest for allowing these two people to participate in a church-sponsored function.

The Bishop’s Appeal funds many social justice activities, such as heating oil assistance, health care, shelters, homes for teen mothers, etc. By boycotting the Appeal, the good that Madore is seeking would be cut off or diminished.

Madore sees abortion as evil, the taking of a human life. If his boycott actions resulted in someone dying because of lack of heat or health care or shelter, by his own definition, that is evil.

Do I believe Mr. Madore is evil? No. Nor do I believe the representatives are evil. Nor do I believe the church, allowing the representatives to participate in a good work unrelated to their stance on abortion, is somehow being tolerant of evil.

Do I believe evil exists? Yes. Right now I see it infiltrating Madore’s heart, blinding him and narrowing his focus to see his causes outweighing every other Christian value of love of neighbor, and, if his efforts are successful, could even result in the death of others.

All life is sacred, not just the unborn.

Robert D. Limoges, Poland