PA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S DEFENSIVE REACTION
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro's reaction to the league's lawsuit: On September 21, attorneys for the Catholic League filed an Application for Leave amicus curiae brief in the [...]
PA GRAND JURY REPORT SPARKS AMICUS BRIEF
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an amicus curiae brief filed today with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court: In light of the extreme and questionable actions of the Attorney General of Pennsylvania in conjunction with [...]
ATHEIST GROUP LOOKING FOOLISH
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an atheist group's latest failures: Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) is the most unhinged atheist organization in the nation. They are looking increasingly foolish, taking on cases that [...]
WHY SHOULD PRIEST ACCUSERS BE BELIEVED?
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the rights of priests: When the Pennsylvania grand jury report on accused priests was released, there was a rush to judgment on the part of the media, pundits, [...]
STANFORD RENAMES FATHER SERRA SITES
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Stanford University's decision to rename sites that honor Father Serra: Stanford University has decided to rename many places on campus that give tribute to Father Junipero Serra, the [...]
BIG MEDIA SILENT ON BISHOP RHOADES
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on media coverage of Bishop Kevin Rhoades' exoneration: Every time there is a story about a priest accused of wrongdoing, it makes its way into the newspaper. If the [...]
BEE’S SHOW FEELS THE PINCH
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on last night's edition of Samantha Bee's TV show: Looks like our campaign against Samantha Bee's TBS show, "Full Frontal," is paying dividends. In the August 15 edition of [...]
OPEN LETTER TO ATTORNEYS GENERAL IN ALL 50 STATES
Several states have pledged to open a grand jury investigation of Catholic dioceses. Catholic League president Bill Donohue has written to all 50 state attorneys general, sending a copy to every state legislator in the [...]
DE BLASIO VIOLATES CONSTITUTION
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio violated the United States Constitution yesterday when he held political rallies in four Brooklyn [...]
PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF CHURCH IS PREDICTABLE
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a new Rasmussen poll: Almost three in four Americans, 73%, think the Catholic Church has a serious problem with sexual predators among its clergy; most Catholics feel the [...]
25 YEARS AND COUNTING
William A. Donohue July 1st marked my 25th anniversary as president and CEO of the Catholic League. It's been a great run, and I am not about to pack it in. On July 18, I [...]
MARX’S BLOODY LEGACY
William A. Donohue May 5th marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx. He is being celebrated by those who are horrified by Hitler, which makes their opposition to genocide phony. What Marx [...]
DOLORES GRIER—CHAMPION OF THE UNBORN
William A. Donohue On February 22, we lost a good one. Dolores Grier was one of the most committed Catholics I ever met, and one of the nation's strongest defenders of the rights of the [...]
LYING BY THE NUMBERS
Whenever there is a serious social problem, the media turn to experts to diagnose it and provide data. As it turns out, many of these persons are not experts at all—they are activists seeking to [...]
HAPPINESS ELUDES COLLEGE STUDENTS
William A. Donohue The most popular course at Yale these days—enrolling 1,200 students (they had to move the class to a huge building)—is called Psychology and the Good Life. It's not just Yale where courses [...]
BOSTON GLOBE REFUSES TO NAME ABUSERS
William A. Donohue The Boston Globe has been the most merciless attack dog in the media condemning the Catholic Church for the sexual abuse scandal. But when it comes to dealing with its own scandals, [...]
FREDERICK DOUGLASS’ BIGOTED SIDE
William A. Donohue In schools all across America, Frederick Douglass is known as a former slave who became one of the nation's leading abolitionists; he was also a champion of women's rights. Not so well [...]
NUDGING THE NEW YORK TIMES
William A. Donohue When the Catholic League objects to anti-Catholic art, we are routinely labeled censors by the artistic community, but when some of their liberal colleagues object to art that offends them—such as treating [...]
MONUMENT MADNESS
William A. Donohue We live in strange times. Never before in American history have there been fewer victims of oppression, yet never before have more Americans laid claim to victim status. This is especially true [...]
TRUMP WAS RIGHT TO BLAME BOTH SIDES
William A. Donohue President Trump was right to call out the extremists on both sides of the Charlottesville tragedy, but more needs to be said about those on the Left who helped to bring it [...]
Catholic League accuses Attorney General Shapiro of fanning “flames of contempt” for the church
Bill In The News (Morning Call): In a court filing Friday, the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights called the recent Pennsylvania grand jury investigation into the sexual abuse of children by priests “government-sanctioned [...]
Fox News’ “The Story” with Martha McCallum
To see Bill Donohue's interview on Fox News' "The Story" with Martha McCallum abuse scandal, click here.
Catholic League calls for states to investigate public schools
Bill In The News (Springfield News-Leader): A group of U.S. Catholics wants all 50 states to investigate public schools for sexual abuse of minors, according to an open letter by the group's president made public Wednesday morning. [...]
Atheists Urge People to Quit Catholic Church Over Sex Abuse Scandal; Catholic League Warns Believers Are ‘Being Played‘
Bill In The News (Essex Caller): Some Catholic Church defenders, such as Catholic League President Bill Donohue, have insisted throughout the scandal that church reforms are working. “No entity in America today, private or public, [...]
Bishop Scharfenberger asks for review of church’s records on sexual abuse cases
Bill In The News (Daily Gazette): Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger of the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese has invited Albany District Attorney David Soares to review the diocese's records on sex abuse cases. The letter from Scharfenberger [...]
Catholic League cries foul amid civil church investigation
Bill In The News (Staten Island Advance): The president of the Catholic League accused New York's attorney general of discrimination in a harshly-worded letter Thursday, questioning the fairness of subpoenaing only Catholics as part of [...]
Officials: NY Catholic dioceses subpoenaed in sex abuse investigation
Bill In The News (Newsday): William Donohue, president of the Manhattan-based Catholic League, said Underwood was singling out the Catholic Church and not investigating other institutions. The move "is manifestly unjust and indefensible," Donohue said in [...]
Accused Priests: Innocent Until Proven Guilty
Bill In The News (The New American): William Donohue, a noted authority on clerical sexual abuse who leads the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, pointed out that "prior to 1985, it was the parents of the abused [...]
U.S. Bishop: Homosexual Abuse of Youth is a ‘Wickedness’ That ‘Should Be Hated With a Perfect Hatred’
Bill In The News (CNS News): As documented in the John Jay Report on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church from 1950 to 2002, less than 5% of the predators were pedophiles. In fact, 81% of the [...]
Catholic League criticises ‘moral panic’ surrounding clergy sex abuse cases
Bill In The News (Irish Post): A Leading Catholic civil rights organisation has hit out at the media coverage of the Pennsylvania grand jury's report detailing hundreds of alleged cases of Catholic Church leaders sexually [...]
Special Reports
REFUTACIÓN DEL INFORME DEL GRAN JURADO DE PENNSYLVANIA
Bill Donohue, Ph.D. Presidente Liga Católica para los Derechos Civiles y Religiosos 16 de agosto de 2018 A diferencia de la mayoría de los comentaristas y reporteros, he leído la mayor parte del informe del [...]
PENNSYLVANIA GRAND JURY REPORT DEBUNKED
Bill Donohue, Ph.D. President Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights August 16, 2018 Unlike most commentators and reporters, I have read most of the Pennsylvania grand jury report. The purpose of this statement is [...]
The Catholic Church and Sexual Abuse
To read Bill Donohue's analysis of the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church that appeared in an international social science journal, click here.
NYS CHILD VICTIMS ACT IS FLAWED
Catholic League president Bill Donohue explains the flaws in the Child Victims Act, a measure included in this year's budget by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. It is being widely distributed to lawmakers, bishops, and [...]
PRESS CONFERENCE ON “JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA”
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an anti-Christian play that previews on January 23: On January 23, "Jerry Springer: The Opera," a New Group production, will preview at the Pershing Square Signature Center, an [...]
SEXUAL DEVIANTS AND ENABLERS – PARTS I & II
PART I MEN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WHO HAVE A RECORD OF ANTI-CATHOLIC OFFENSES ENTERTAINMENT: Ben Affleck—After speaking out against Weinstein, the Oscar winner became the subject of his own sex assault narrative [...]
THE WAR AGAINST CARDINAL PELL
Bill Donohue, Ph.D. President Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights July 20, 2017 Meet the Accusers Cardinal George Pell's appearance before a Melbourne court on July 26 will be watched carefully all over the [...]
SNAP IMPLODES
Bill Donohue The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) has been sued before, and while it has been hurt by those filings, the latest one suggests the end is near. It can't come [...]
DONOHUE’S ROLE IN FBI-WEINER PROBE
Bill Donohue comments on his role in the FBI probe of Anthony Weiner: Two months ago to the day, I asked for an investigation of Anthony Weiner on suspicion of sexually abusing his four-year-old child, [...]
MOTHER TERESA EARNED SAINTHOOD
Bill Donohue explains why Mother Teresa deserves sainthood: On September 4, Blessed Mother Teresa will forever be known as Saint Mother Teresa. I know of no one in my lifetime, save for Saint John Paul [...]
Annual Reports
CATHOLIC LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2016 YEAR IN REVIEW
Bill Donohue Twenty years ago, I wrote that "the most invidious form of anti-Catholicism is that which emanates from elite circles." I also noted that "there is also a brand of anti-Catholicism that comes from [...]
PREFACE
By any index, we had a very good year in 2015. That is largely due to our employees, and to our members who make it happen. We are fortunate to have a very competent staff. [...]
Executive Summary
The Catholic event of the year—at least for Americans—was also the Catholic League event of the year, namely, the pope's historic visit to Washington, D.C., New York City, and Philadelphia. Pope Francis electrified the nation, [...]
Activist Organizations
January In 2013, Rebecca Randles, an attorney who works with supreme Catholic-suing lawyer Jeffrey Anderson, sued Bill Donohue and the Catholic League for allegedly libeling a man who had made accusations against a priest in [...]
The Arts
March Grants Pass, OR – Jim Ingraham's picture was selected as the Caveman Camera Club's image of the month for March. Given the theme of "contradiction,'' Ingraham shot a photograph he titled "Bad Nun." The [...]
Charlie Hebdo Controversy
A week into the new year saw the horrible death of 12 people, most of whom worked at the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo; a police officer was among the dead. The weekly publication is [...]
Education
February 9 Yulee, FL – A student at Yulee High School ended the school's morning announcement with "God Bless America." This caused the American Humanist Association to contact the school and the Nassau County School [...]
Government
February 3 Gresham, OR – The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries found Aaron and Melissa Klein, who run a bakery, guilty of discrimination for refusing to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple [...]
Media
October 2 Roseburg, OR – Here is what Chris Harper-Mercer said to his victims just before he killed them at Umpqua Community College: "Are you Christian?" After they stood up he said, "Good, because you're [...]
Papal Visit
The most historic Catholic event of the year was Pope Francis' visit to the United States. While it occasioned much goodwill, and overall very fair media coverage, there were some notable exceptions. A selection will be [...]
Most Shared Posts
PA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S DEFENSIVE REACTION
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro's reaction to the league's lawsuit: On September 21, attorneys for the Catholic League filed an Application for Leave [...]
Catholic League accuses Attorney General Shapiro of fanning “flames of contempt” for the church
Bill In The News (Morning Call): In a court filing Friday, the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights called the recent Pennsylvania grand jury investigation into the sexual abuse [...]
PA GRAND JURY REPORT SPARKS AMICUS BRIEF
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an amicus curiae brief filed today with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court: In light of the extreme and questionable actions of the Attorney General [...]
ATHEIST GROUP LOOKING FOOLISH
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an atheist group's latest failures: Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) is the most unhinged atheist organization in the nation. They are looking increasingly [...]
