Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Michael Bloomberg's record on key social issues: It was New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani who turned New York around after the disastrous administration of his predecessor, David Dinkins, and it is a credit to Michael Bloomberg that he continued the quality of life improvements instituted by Giuliani. But [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a survey of Catholic workers by NBC: There have been many polls of Catholics, but until now there has not been a survey of those who work for the Catholic Church. NBC has filled that void. Those who work for the Church are listed in the Official Catholic Directory. [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on more revelations about an investigation of the Catholic Church by WCPO Cincinnati: We recently criticized WCPO, the ABC affiliate in Cincinnati, for running a four-part series on Ohio's Catholic dioceses and religious orders. We detailed why it was seriously flawed, and even published a separate account of how duplicitous [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a story by the Associated Press on the Catholic Church: The Associated Press (AP) says it conducted an "investigation" of the way Catholic dioceses determine whether an accusation of sexual abuse by a priest is credible or not. It says it probed the diocesan review boards and consulted grand [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on WCPO's duplicity: Earlier this week, WCPO, the ABC affiliate in Cincinnati, ran a four-part series on the way Ohio Catholic dioceses and religious orders deal with former priests accused of sexual abuse. It was highly critical, contending that the Church does not supervise these men once they are no [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a story published this week on the Catholic Church by Wisconsin Public Radio: Wisconsin Public Radio's (WPR) story on the Catholic Church is much ado about nothing. It tried hard to find new instances of priestly sexual abuse and wound up with two, both of which are being contested [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an investigation of the Catholic Church by WCPO Cincinnati: The ABC affiliate in Cincinnati, WCPO, recently launched a three-month investigation into Ohio's Catholic dioceses and religious orders seeking to learn how they track priests and brothers who have been accused of sexually abusing minors. The "I-team" did not investigate [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Bishop John Barres' defense of accused priests: No institution in the nation publishes the names of employees accused of sexual misconduct except for some dioceses in the Roman Catholic Church. They don't do it in Hollywood, the media, the public schools, or in any other religion. Just some Catholic [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the results of a new survey on religion conducted by the Pew Research Center: The Pew Research Center has released a survey on religion's role in society that covers a wide range of issues. Of particular interest to the Catholic League are those Americans who are religion-friendly versus those [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a religious liberty bill in Ohio that is promising: By a margin of 61-31, the Ohio House voted for a bill this week that would secure religious liberty for public school students; it now goes to the Senate for approval The bill, sponsored by Rep. Timothy Ginter, allows the [...]
