 The curia drew a distinction between ecclesiastical discipline and doctrinal error.A determination had not as yet been made on George's philosophy.For more than five years following this censure he defended the Single Tax doctrine at the Sunday afternoon meetings of the Anti-Poverty Society, which he had founded with George in March 1887 and of which he was the first president; he also made a tour of the West and virtually declared himself an unbeliever in the supremacy of the Pope.