Monthly Archives: July 2011

BISHOPACCOUNTABILITY IS ANTI-PRIEST

By |2017-03-20T17:52:50-04:00July 29th, 2011|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president Bill Donohue sent the following letter today to Dr. Mary Jane Doherty, a Regis College professor who heads the Boston Review Board; a copy was also sent to Cardinal Sean O'Malley: I read the letter you received from BishopAccountability urging you, in your capacity as Chairperson of the Boston Review Board, to disclose [...]

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CHRISTIANITY DIDN’T INSPIRE NORWEGIAN NUT

By |2019-09-20T15:28:58-04:00July 27th, 2011|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows: Attempts to brand the Norwegian madman, Anders Behring Breivik, a Christian-inspired terrorist are wholly unpersuasive. Perhaps the most obnoxious piece on this subject was written by Stephen Prothero in his CNN blog: he actually thinks that "Christians have a responsibility to speak out forcefully against [Breivik], and to [...]

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ATHEISTS OPPOSE WORLD TRADE CENTER CROSS

By |2012-10-10T18:42:44-04:00July 27th, 2011|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the lawsuit brought by American Atheists protesting the decision to move the World Trade Center cross from St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in lower Manhattan to its new site at the 9/11 Memorial Museum (two steel beams in the shape of a cross were found when the Twin Towers [...]

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BISHOPS UNDER FIRE; MULTI-LEVEL ATTACK UNDERWAY

By |2013-01-03T18:42:42-05:00July 25th, 2011|Categories: Catalyst, Front Page|Tags: |

It started in the spring, and it just got hotter as we got into the summer: the bishops have been the subject of relentless attacks, much of it having to do with the issue of sexuality. The John Jay report on clergy abuse, along with a new wave of lawsuits and gay rights legislation—gave way to [...]

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HILLARY GOES GAGA

By |2013-01-03T18:43:26-05:00July 25th, 2011|Categories: Catalyst, Front Page|Tags: |

On June 11, Lady Gaga performed at the Euro Pride concert in Rome. The big news wasn’t her appearance, it was how she wound up there: it was all due to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. A few weeks after the concert, Clinton admitted that the State Department was “instrumental in sealing the deal” for Lady [...]

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BEHIND THE “BLAME WOODSTOCK” CANARD

By |2017-03-20T17:52:50-04:00July 25th, 2011|Categories: Catalyst, From The President's Desk|Tags: |

FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK  William Donohue Despite the multi-media universe we live in, the New York Timescontinues to shape the contemporary narrative on major stories. Indeed, many in the mainstream media (msm) are content to simply parrot their line. This happened recently again when the John Jay study was released: everywhere, it seemed, it was being reported [...]

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POLITICS COLOR JOHN JAY STUDY

By |2019-09-23T16:21:13-04:00July 25th, 2011|Categories: Catalyst, Essay|Tags: |

The  following is an excerpt from Donohue's "John Jay Study on Sexual Abuse: A Critical  Analysis.” The longer version was sent to all the bishops and is available online at catholicleague.org. In the aftermath of the media blitz in 2002 exposing sexual abuse by Catholic priests, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) commissioned researchers [...]

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SPIKE IN SUSPECT ALLEGATIONS

By |2017-03-20T17:52:50-04:00July 25th, 2011|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

As the bishops assembled in Seattle for their spring meeting, they once again had to grapple with the issue of clergy abuse. While some recent allegations are worthy of pursuit, others don’t pass the smell test. The following cases were reported in the news during the first two weeks of June:  • A Tennessee man claimed [...]

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VICTIMS’ GROUPS OPPOSE RIGHTS FOR PRIESTS

By |2017-03-20T17:52:50-04:00July 25th, 2011|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

We recently addressed the three most prominent so-called victims’ rights groups and their opposition to the rights of priests. BishopAccountability, the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) and the National Survivors Advocates Coalition (NSAC) are so consumed with their agenda that they are ready to throw the constitutional rights of accused priests overboard. At [...]

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NEW YORK TIMES ERRS IN ABUSE STORY

By |2013-01-03T18:52:46-05:00July 25th, 2011|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

In a recent New York Times article, Laurie Goodstein erred by saying that in the 37 cases of priests indicted by a grand jury in Philadelphia, none was brought to the attention of the review board. Ana Maria Catanzaro, a member of the Philadelphia review board, previously said that her panel reviewed ten of the cases. Moreover, subsequent to [...]

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