Monthly Archives: October 2000

WHO SPEAKS FOR CATHOLICS?

By |2019-07-08T15:14:42-04:00October 23rd, 2000|Categories: Catholic League Ads|

Below is the text of our ad that ran in the October 23, 2000 New York Times: WHO SPEAKS FOR CATHOLICS? Every four years, a radical fringe group called Catholics Speak Out runs a full-page ad in the New York Times.  It claims to represent Catholic voters and legitimate Catholic teaching.  As a matter of fact, Catholics Speak [...]

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BROOKLYN CHURCH VANDAL GETS PROBATION; SEN. SCHUMER WILL SEEK FEDERAL PROBE

By |2012-10-18T18:06:40-04:00October 18th, 2000|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Primus St. Croix, the man who has confessed to destroying five religious statues in the Diocese of Brooklyn, was sentenced today to five years probation. The Catholic League has requested New York Senator Charles Schumer to ask the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate whether St. Croix can be prosecuted under the Freedom of Access to [...]

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IRS TO INVESTIGATE CHURCH-STATE ABUSES

By |2017-03-20T17:57:19-04:00October 17th, 2000|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

The Internal Revenue Service has agreed to investigate whether the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and John Corzine occasioned an infraction of IRS rules regarding church and state matters.  The Catholic League also registered a complaint against Vice President Al Gore but was told that there was nothing the IRS could do about his recent bid to [...]

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JUSTICE DENIED IN BROOKLYN CHURCH VANDAL CASE

By |2012-10-18T18:06:41-04:00October 11th, 2000|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Yesterday, in Brooklyn Criminal Court, Primus St. Croix pleaded guilty to destroying five religious statues in the Brooklyn Diocese.  Judge Anne Feldman accepted his guilty plea and is expected to sentence St. Croix today; she has indicated that he will be given five years probation. At yesterday’s hearing, Lance Ogiste, the district attorney’s executive assistant, said, [...]

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BROOKLYN CHURCH VANDAL GETS OFF EASY

By |2012-10-18T18:06:42-04:00October 3rd, 2000|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Primus St. Croix, the man who used a sledgehammer to destroy statues at five Brooklyn Catholic churches, is about to be placed on five years probation.  Under a plea bargaining agreement, St. Croix will serve no time behind bars. William Donohue, president of the Catholic League, voiced his concerns over the pending agreement: “Thanks to a [...]

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PETA RIPS OFF CATHOLIC IMAGERY

By |2017-03-20T17:57:19-04:00October 3rd, 2000|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Beginning today, People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is launching an advertising campaign that shows The Shroud of Turin along with the words, “Make a Lasting Impression—Go Vegetarian.”  The international campaign, which will originate in Turin, Italy, argues that Jesus was a vegetarian; it begins on the eve of the feast day of St. [...]

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