Seperation of Church and State , Creating Loop Holes

I read an article last week, talking about the church and clergy abusing donations for their own benefits. Are donations really becoming a blessing or a burden? Did you ever wonder where the money goes when you drop five bucks during the offetory?A senate committee is investigating, but one key issue is coming up the separation of church and state. The separation not only means church influences out of politics but politics out of the church............... right? Or is that just what we assume?
Senate of finances committee sent letters to six high profile churches requesting a record of salaries, expenses accounts, credit cards, etc. According to senate, “churches are no different to other nonprofit groups they have to abide by tax rules”(1).
Part of the difficulty of these issues, is that some churches run as enterprises. Another problem is the fact that nonprofit organization has to send documents with details about their expenses to the IRS, while religious institutions are exempt.
Even though churches are separate when it comes to politics, does that mean they are exempt from rules and regulations from government that everyone has to follow? I think religious institution should be treated like nonprofits, otherwise the money will not be documented and in some cases used and abused.
After all “church and state were never about giving churches the ability to break the law”(2). Do you think churches should be looked upon a little closer according to their finances?