Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the rise in youth suicide: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that young people (ages 10-17) experienced a 56 percent rise in suicide between 2007 and 2017. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people, behind accidental injuries (e.g. drugs and car crashes). Experts [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a remark made last night on Comedy Central by David Spade: This is what passes as a joke on Comedy Central: "The Vatican has launched a $110 eRosary beads. Sounds like a lot of money to get molested online." David Spade's comment cannot be read as anything other than [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the reaction of California public school officials to a new law on sexual abuse: On October 13, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that allows for the suspension of the statute of limitations for crimes involving the sexual abuse of minors. It provides a three-year window [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a speech given at Notre Dame Law School by Attorney General William P. Barr: Attorney General Bill Barr gave an historically accurate and sociologically sound presentation at Notre Dame Law School on October 11 that has been the source of much chatter by his critics. His topic was the [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on what Democratic candidates for president had to say about religious liberty in the October 10 televised debate: There was a time, not long ago, when people of faith felt equally at home with the Republican and Democratic Parties. The former was home to most Protestants, and the latter was [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the spike in Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs): We have an STD crisis on our hands, one that many elites continue to misunderstand. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia are at an all-time high. Nearly 2.5 million cases were reported in 2018. [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a joint statement by three committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB): Three committees of the USCCB—the Committee for Religious Liberty, the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, and the Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage—have issued a strong statement on three cases [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how law firms are reacting to changes in New York State law affecting the statute of limitations: The Catholic League has been fighting discriminatory state legislation for many years, particularly when it entails the suspension of the statute of limitations for crimes involving the sexual abuse of minors. Typically, [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on an Associated Press (AP) study of accused priests who are no longer in ministry: The AP study of former priests who were credibly accused of sexual misconduct reeks of duplicity, and worse. The nine-month investigation found nearly 1,700 "priests and other clergy members that the Roman Catholic Church considers [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue calls out the Catholic news media outlet Crux: Christopher White, a Crux correspondent, can't even spell my name right, but his more serious delinquencies entail what he wrote about me in a news story on the Amazon synod. He correctly says that I pointed out that the bishops have a dilemma [...]
