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national headlines in mid-May after the Dodgers announced they would honor the group at a team pride event and later rescinded the invitation after criticism from conservative groups and lawmakers like Florida Sen.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 group of gay and transgender drag performers that intentionally mocks and degrades Christians.”

Bill Donahue, president of the Catholic League, called SPI an “obscene anti-Catholic group,” and shortly afterward, the team reversed course. READ MORE HERE

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 is little doubt that the event would be cancelled and sanctions would be forthcoming,” Donohue wrote. READ MORE HERE

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 a ‘Condom Savior Mass’ featuring the ‘Latex Host’ in Union Square, according to the Catholic League. READ MORE HERE

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, Catholic League President William Donohue raised his concerns with Giants owner Peter Magowan, who died in 2019, that the pregame ceremony designed to raise AIDS awareness “also seemed to open the door to anti-Catholicism.” READ MORE HERE

Bill in the News (The Daily Signal): Bill Donohue, the longtime president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, has compiled a lengthy list, dating back to 1979, of some of the Sisters’ most outrageous acts of anti-Christian bigotry READ MORE HERE

Bill in the News (Aleteia): Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, said the team had “officially endorsed anti-Catholic bigotry” by inviting back the Sisters of Perpetual
Indulgence.

“Only one side was listened to — the side that sponsors hate speech,” said Donohue of the “honest conversations” that the Dodgers said led to the reversal. READ MORE HERE

Bill in the News (Independent Sentinel): “Bill Donohue of The Catholic League released a list of the group’s most offensive stunts since its founding in 1979 (see below). The milder ones include burning the pope in effigy, staging a “Hunky Jesus” contest every Easter, and equating a certain contraceptive to the Eucharist,” READ MORE HERE

Bill in the News (The Stream): As for the “Sisters,” whatever “lifesaving” work they may do, their name and their nun-mocking outfits are quite intentional. As noted by Catholic League president Bill Donohue, “These homosexual bigots are known for simulating sodomy while dressed as nuns. They like to feature a ‘Condom Savior Mass,’ one that describes how the ‘Latex Host is the flesh for the life of the world.’” Delightful! READ MORE HERE

Bill in the News (Epoch Times): Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, accused the team of “rewarding anti-Catholicism” by honoring the group. Donohue said he wrote to Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to protest the Dodgers’ decision to honor the group. READ MORE HERE