Catholic League in the News (Free Beacon): The Los Angeles Dodgers aren't the first California baseball team to face criticism for associating with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an anti-Catholic LGBTQ group, but when it last happened in 1995, things turned out a lot differently. The controversial group—which consists of cross-dressing "nuns" who combine drag with [...]
Bill in the News (Heritage Foundation): The Sisters, as you might guess from the name, is a group of vile, hateful anti-Catholic, anti-Christian bigots whose members dress as nuns, painting their faces white and with garish makeup, a form of mockery every bit as offensive as a White person in blackface. And that’s not the worst [...]
Bill Donohue Starting today, for five consecutive days, we are running 25 radio ads (30 seconds each) on KABC asking listeners not to attend the June 16 “Pride Night” Dodgers game that features the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.” KABC is the ABC affiliate that covers Los Angeles and the Southern California area. Due to copyright laws, [...]
Bill Donohue Very shortly, at 2:00 p.m. PST, California Democrats will honor one of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Michael Williams (who goes by “Sister Roma”). The invitation was extended by Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins. Williams is one of a larger group of queers and trans persons being honored on the floor of [...]
Bill in the News (Christian Post): [The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (SPI)] made national headlines in mid-May after the Dodgers announced they would honor the group at a team pride event and later rescinded the invitation after criticism from conservative groups and lawmakers like Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who questioned why the Dodgers were awarding “a [...]
Bill in the News (Marin Independent Journal): During the course of this case, both Archdiocese of San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone and Catholic League President William Donohue used clever language in letters to the Marin District Attorney’s Office before DA Lori Frugoli reduced charges against the activists. READ MORE HERE
Bill in the News (CBS Sports): President of the Catholic League Bill Donohue also contacted MLB and said the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence were promoting hate speech toward the Catholic community. "In my letter, I said that if a group of white boys in black face—a modern day Al Jolson ensemble—were to be honored by an MLB team, there [...]
Catholic League in the News (American Greatness): As Susannah Luthi notes in the Free Beacon, “From its inception in 1979 in San Francisco’s Castro District, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence has satirized Catholic beliefs in the name of progressive activism. When Pope John Paul II visited San Francisco in 1987, the group held an ‘exorcism’ and [...]
Bill in the News (Catholic News Agency): Almost 28 years ago, the owner of the San Francisco Giants wrote a letter of apology to the Catholic League for hosting the drag group on the field before a game, according to correspondence the Catholic League shared with CNA on Friday. In a letter dated Aug. 28, 1995, [...]
Bill Donohue The Dodgers and the Giants are not only longtime baseball rivals, they handle similar controversial issues in an entirely different matter. Over the past few decades, both teams have reached out to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, but after the Catholic League criticized each for doing so, their responses were quite different. The Dodgers [...]
