Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the findings of an Australian commission report on the sexual abuse of children: The Australian report says that 7 percent of priests who worked in Australia between 1950 and 2009 had an accusation of child sexual abuse made against him. It recommended, among other things, that the Catholic Church [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the new publisher at the New York Times: Arthur Gregg Sulzberger has been named as the new publisher of the New York Times; he was previously the deputy publisher of the newspaper. The appointment was made by Arthur Gregg's father, Arthur Sulzberger Jr. He got his job because his predecessor, [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on efforts by New York Senator Chuck Schumer to help Catholic inmates in Brooklyn: Catholic inmates do not lose their constitutional right to religious liberty, and this certainly includes being ministered to by a priest. Yet that right has been vacated for too long in Brooklyn: the Metropolitan Detention Center [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Ken Friedman, a prominent New York City chef accused of sexual misconduct: On election night 2012, New York City restaurant icon Ken Friedman co-hosted a party for liberal Democrats. "I'm very political," he told the New York Times. By that he meant he champions women's rights. Now he is [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the Boston Globe's self-report on employee cases of sexual misconduct: The explosion of cases involving major public figures tied to sexual abuse and harassment has inspired some persons and organizations to probe their own sexual deeds. The latest to do so is the Boston Globe, the newspaper that exposed [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the league's nativity scene in New York City: There is a lot of misinformation about the display of a crèche on public property. Hopefully, the pro-Christmas side will learn something from what happened today. The Catholic League's life-size nativity scene was erected today in Central Park (it is across [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Mario Batali's latest troubles: When Pope Francis came to Washington in 2015, he met with Kim Davis, the brave Kentucky clerk who, on religious liberty grounds, refused a marriage license to homosexual couples. Chef Mario Batali objected to the meeting, calling out the pope. Now Batali is being called [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on "SMILF": Much to the approval of Showtime, women are treated as sexual toys by Hollywood moguls and actors. Indeed, it basks in the sexual exploitation of women so much so that it named a show after sexual predators, "Single Mothers I'd Like to F***." It goes by the acronym, [...]
Many of those public figures who enabled sexual predators with whom they worked have a record of bashing Catholicism, oftentimes for the sexual offenses of a tiny minority of priests. To read our account of who they are, and what they said, click here. This is Part II of a two-part series. Part I dealt with [...]
Many of those public figures who are now in the hot seat over allegations of sexual misconduct have a record of bashing Catholicism, oftentimes for the sexual offenses of a tiny minority of priests. To read our account of who they are, and what they said, click here. This is Part I of a two-part series. [...]
