In 1970, a 14-year-old girl and her 17-year-old sister went to his hotel room after his concert to get his autograph. He came to the door naked and then sexually abused the 14-year-old in front of her sister. He was sentenced to a one-to-three-year prison sentence, but only served three months. On May 19, he was [...]
Bill Donohue was asked by Nina Shea, the Director of the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute, to sign a "Pledge of Solidarity and Call to Action" expressing support for persecuted Christians around the globe. "No one has done a better job calling attention to this problem than Nina Shea," he said. "She has [...]
The following article by Bill Donohue was published by Newsmax on May 9: After it was learned that a Southern California eighth-grade class was asked to debate the reality of the Holocaust, a firestorm ensued. Apologies followed, and pledges were forthcoming from the Rialto Unified School District not to let this happen again. While it may [...]
Recently, Pope Francis met with U.N. officials, led by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The media are already gushing over the pope's call for a redistribution of wealth, but they are downplaying his remarks on abortion and euthanasia. And what he said about the economic responsibilities of wealthy nations is, quite frankly, old stuff. Indeed, he cites [...]
Militant atheists have a new goal: they object to students hearing the name of God in the Pledge of Allegiance. No atheist has to say the Pledge, or utter the dreaded words, "under God"—it is optional—but that is not enough: they want to stop others from saying it. The American Humanist Association is suing a New [...]
Just a few weeks ago in Seattle, Planned Parenthood staged "Bar Nun Bingo" at Poquitos in the Capitol Hill neighborhood; two days later, it held another "Bar Nun Bingo," this time at the downtown Pike Brewing Company. Both fund-raising events bashed nuns, and were led by the demonstrably anti-Catholic gay group, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Pictures [...]
The Catholic League's boycott of Guinness continues to grow. We have contacted all 14 regional offices of the Holy Name Society, and over 100 of its officers. Additionally, we reached out to 175 Catholic War Veterans posts across the country. We have asked them to join our boycott of Guinness. We also contacted over 200 Irish [...]
On Easter Sunday night, more Americans watched "The Ten Commandments" on ABC than any other show, even allowing for the fact that the audience was not as big as last year's showing. What was most telling was how it creamed the religious fare shown on the Travel Channel and the Science Channel. The Travel Channel gave [...]
If Maureen Dowd had guts, then she would demand the resignation of her boss, Mark Thompson, who is the president and CEO of the New York Times. In one of her recent columns, Dowd rails against the canonization of Pope John Paul II, saying, "he presided over the Catholic Church during nearly three decades of a [...]
Bill Donohue wrote the following letter to Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie urging him to veto S.B. 2687, a bill that would suspend the statute of limitations for cases involving the sexual abuse of minors: May 8, 2014 Hon. Neil Abercrombie Governor, State of Hawaii Executive Chambers, State Capitol Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 Dear Governor Abercrombie: As president [...]
