Original sentence: Father George Kevorkian, an assistant to the denomination's senior cleric, said that the Church left because, "unfortunately, the NCC USA started to adopt an agenda and positioning that appeared to depart from the primary purpose of spreading and witnessing the gospel of Jesus Christ.Figures in the conservative movement accuse the NCC of holding a biased policy towards Cuba, and criticize relative silence by the NCC towards political and religious prisoners in countries with left-leaning and totalitarian leadership.In July 2005 the Antiochian Orthodox Church withdrew from the NCC.It seems to have taken a turn toward political positioning
Edited sentence: Other figures in the conservative movement accuse the NCC of holding a biased policy towards Cuba, and criticize relative silence by the NCC towards political and religious prisoners in countries with left-leaning and totalitarian leadership.The Institute on Religion and Democracy, a controversial political-religious action organization supported by a number of right-wing foundations, frequently and publicly attacks the leaders of NCC's mainline Protestant churches, and has claimed that grants by liberal foundations to the NCC provide evidence that the NCC is becoming a left-wing political organization.The NCC's perceived politicization led to the departure of the conservative Antiochian Church from the NCC