"Money buys access and influence.  That's not the way a Christian community should work."
This is not new stuff.

Pope Alexander VI paid good money to become Pope.

The Nazis collected the German Catholic Church tax and made sure enough of it went to the Vatican to keep Pius XII well-behaved.

Saint Pope JPII was a big fan of Marcial Maciel"s money.

Anderson, being a REAL CATHOLIC, is well within the bounds of the institutional Church's TRADITION.