Jeremy Boland is the Assistant Principal of Cos Cob Elementary School in Greenwich, Connecticut. He was supposed to start the new school year on September 1. But he never showed up. His anti-Catholic comments put him in hot water, and we had something to do with it. He was placed on administrative leave, pending an investigation.

Boland was caught on a video filmed by Project Veritas saying he would never hire a Catholic. He oversees the hiring of teachers. Here is part of the exchange.

Boland: “I’m not a huge expert on religion, but Protestants in this area [of Connecticut] are probably the most liberal. But if they’re Catholic—conservative.”
Veritas Journalist: “Oh, so then what do you do with the Catholics? If you find someone is Catholic, then what?”
Boland: “You don’t hire them.”
Veritas Journalist: “So, would you never hire a Catholic then?”
Boland: “No, I don’t want to…Because if someone is raised hardcore Catholic, it’s like they’re brainwashed. You can never change their mindset.”

Bill Donohue jumped on this immediately, issuing a statement to the press that was picked up all over the Connecticut media. “There is no role for an admitted anti-Catholic bigot in any school in the nation. What makes this case a legal slam dunk is that Boland is not simply spewing anti-Catholic vitriol, he is in charge of hiring and has explicitly said he would not hire Catholics. That is illegal.”

We enlisted the support of our email subscribers asking them to contact Dr. Toni Jones, Superintendent of Greenwich Schools, about this issue. We also contacted elected officials.

We are delighted to report that subsequent to our news release, Jones announced that Boland was placed on leave, pending the completion of an investigation. Cos Cob is a prestigious public school in a wealthy neighborhood.

The reaction of public figures in Connecticut to this outrage, from both parties, was heartening. It is not enough to conduct a probe of Boland: We need to know if anti-Catholic bigotry is entrenched in Greenwich public schools. At a minimum, this means there must be a review of hiring procedures.

Donohue wrote to officials at the State Department of Education and the Greenwich Public Schools, asking for such a probe. He wanted to know how many Catholics have been turned away from employment in Greenwich public schools, and if religious profiling is systemic in the schools.

We are awaiting the conclusion of the investigation. We were the only lay Catholic organization to register a protest.

The Jesuit magazine, America, has done important work, but when it comes to understanding clergy sexual abuse, it has failed miserably. The latest example is an article by Michael O’Loughlin. It is an uncritical look at a report issued by professors from the Jesuit-sponsored Santa Clara University.

According to the report, sexual repression and clericalism caused the crisis and homosexuality has nothing to do with it. It is thrice wrong.

Why is it that in the 1950s, when the Church was much less open about matters sexual—”repressed” according to its critics—there was practically no sexual abuse of minors? Why is it that when the lid came off in the 1960s, many of the seminaries turned into dens of iniquity? That’s when the scandal exploded.

Clericalism may explain why some bishops enabled the molesters, but it has nothing to do with why some priests became molesters.

So who were the molesters? We know from the John Jay studies on this issue that 81 percent of the victims of priestly sexual abuse were male and that 78 percent were postpubescent. It matters not a whit that many homosexual priests who molested young men do not identify as homosexual; what matters is their behavior, not their self-perception.

No problem can ever be fixed if those who profess an interest in doing so live in a comfortable state of denial. They need to be shaken from their comfort zone and finally look reality in the face.

William A. Donohue

While doing the research for my book, The Truth about Clergy Sexual Abuse, I came to the conclusion that many of the Church’s harshest critics were phonies. They didn’t care a lick about the sexual abuse of minors. If they did, they would condemn it wherever it exists, but not only do they look the other way when the offenders work in Hollywood, the media and the schools, they often defend it.

What’s wrong with child molestation? The question needs to be asked because the tolerant ones in higher education seem to like it, otherwise they wouldn’t be defending the architect of the sexual revolution—and known pervert—Alfred Kinsey.

In September, Indiana University, home to The Kinsey Institute, honored the zoologist turned sexpert by erecting a large bronze sculpture of him on the Bloomington campus, marking the 75th anniversary of the institute. As will be made clear, the man was a sado-masochistic, child-abusing, voyeuristic pervert who had sex with men and beasts.

Kinsey became quite a star after World War II when he published two tomes on the sexual practices of men and women. According to Dr. Judith Reisman, who wrote prolifically about Kinsey, in the course of his research he sexually abused over 300 children. Kinsey biographer James H. Jones, who received high marks from Kinsey’s followers, admitted that children were masturbated and penetrated by at least one pedophile.

One of Kinsey’s informants, “Mr. X,” kept a record of his sexual achievements. When he wasn’t busy sexually abusing children (600 boys and 200 girls), he managed to find the time to have intercourse with seventeen blood relatives, including his own grandmother.

In a review of the 2004 movie, “Kinsey,” New York Times critic Caleb Crain wrote that Kinsey gathered data on “attempts to bring to orgasm boys between the ages of 2 months and 15 years, in some cases over a period as long as 24 hours.”

When asked about this, Reisman condemned Kinsey for his criminal behavior. “When you rape children, it’s still a crime. And if you solicit it, and if you support it, it’s still a crime.” The real story is: Why didn’t everyone else condemn him?

Kinsey hated Christianity, spending his entire life trying to get back at his Methodist family, especially his father. According to Joseph Epstein, Kinsey was so enamored of his hedonistic beliefs that he blamed Christianity, not libertinism, for the breakdown of the modern family. Furthermore, he labeled celibacy, delayed marriage and asceticism as “cultural perversions,” but not pederasty.

In describing Jones’ biography on his subject, Crain notes that “Kinsey had had affairs with men, encouraged open marriages among his staff, stimulated himself with urethral insertion and ropes, and filmed sex in his attic.”

Speaking of the film, Crain says “the most controversial scene in the movie is Kinsey’s infamous meeting with a sexual omnivore, whose history of sexual encounters with men, women, boys, girls, animals and family members took 17 hours to record.”

It’s no wonder anthropologist Margaret Mead, who had an affair with her equally famous colleague, Ruth Benedict, and an adulterous relationship with anthropologist Edward Sapir, said that in Kinsey’s view there was no moral difference between a man having sex with a women, or a sheep.

True to form, a year or so before he died in 1956, Kinsey circumcised himself with a pocketknife.

To this day, many pedophiles and intellectuals adore Kinsey. Here is how the nation’s most prominent homosexual child molesting organization, NAMBLA, remembers him on its website (note: there are no organized heterosexual groups dedicated to child rape). The following is a quote from Kinsey’s Sexual Behavior in the Human Female.

“When children are constantly warned by parents and teachers against contacts with adults, and when they receive no explanation of the exact nature of the contacts, they are ready to become hysterical as soon as any older person approaches, or stops and speaks to them in the street, or fondles them, or proposes to do something for them, even though the adult may have had no sexual objective in mind (my emphasis).”

In other words, men who fondle children are not a problem—those who object are. Which explains why Kinsey wrote, “The current hysteria over sex offenders may very well have serious effects on the ability of many of these children to work out sexual adjustments some years later….”

Miscreant priests who molested minors are mostly dead or have been thrown out of the priesthood, and none are being honored. The same is not true in higher education.

Why aren’t the raging students who smashed statues of the Founders, as well as Catholic heroes such as Fr. Junípero Serra (made a saint by Pope Francis), taking their sledgehammers to the sculpture of Kinsey?

Indiana University is not exactly a hotbed of radicalism, so anyone who thinks the tribute to Kinsey is unique is sadly mistaken. There are few colleges and universities that wouldn’t honor him.

Those who defend Kinsey without knowing about his sick history are an embarrassment—there is no excuse for their ignorance. Those who know about it and still defend him are moral monsters.

Catholic League president Bill Donohue wrote the following letter to Inspector General Michael Horowitz asking for an investigation of a Department of Justice official who evinces an animus against religious liberty organizations:

September 8, 2022

The Honorable Michael E. Horowitz
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of the Inspector General
950 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20530

Dear Inspector General Horowitz:

I am writing to you in my role as president of the nation’s largest Catholic civil rights organization. I would respectfully request that you conduct an investigation into the religious bias as evidenced by Eric P. Bruskin, assistant director of the commercial litigation branch of the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Division.

Bruskin’s decision to malign a prestigious law firm that specializes in the defense of religious liberty is troubling, especially to those of us who work in the same field.

It seems clear that he has violated DOJ strictures mandating that “employees should not make comments that can be perceived as showing prejudice based on race, gender, sexual orientation, or any other protected basis.” Religion has long been acknowledged as a protected class.

Bruskin recently had an exchange with a former colleague, Jason Weida, regarding a social media post that Weida made about Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), one of the nation’s most prominent defenders of religious liberty. Weida spoke favorably of an attorney at ADF, Matt Sharp, and of his own work defending parental rights in Florida. This led Bruskin to question Weida about his attendance at an ADF conference.

“Jason, this is a hate group,” Bruskin said in a LinkedIn post. “You’re speaking at a conference for a hate group. Are these the beliefs you hold? If so, then it’s time we end our professional association.”

Not only is ADF a respectable organization that has won the plaudits of many legal scholars, the term “hate group” should be reserved for terrorist groups like the Klan and Antifa. Most important, it is one thing for partisan activist entities to label ADF a “hate group,” quite another when someone in a senior DOJ position does.

I hasten to add that I am not writing on behalf of ADF. But you should know that the Catholic League has filed an amicus brief in support of an important case before the U.S. Supreme Court, 303 Creative v. Elenis; ADF is lead counsel. It concerns a Colorado web designer who is challenging a state law requiring her to violate her religious beliefs about marriage.

This needs to be said because according to people like Bruskin, this would mean that the Catholic League qualifies as a “hate group” as well. We are not about to wait until some DOJ figure like Bruskin thinks he can abuse his office by targeting us.

The animus that Bruskin harbors for religious liberty organizations puts him in violation of DOJ rules, making him unfit for service. Hopefully your probe will validate my concerns.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

William A. Donohue, Ph.D.
President

cc: Attorney General Merrick Garland; Senate Judiciary Ranking Member Chuck Grassley; ADF president Michael Farris; ADF Senior Counsel Matt Sharp; Jason Weida; Eric Bruskin

Never before in American history has there been a president of the United States who has worked harder to oppose Catholic teachings on marriage, the family, abortion, school choice, conscience rights, and the wellbeing of children (e.g., transgenderism) than President Joe Biden. Now he has added to his legacy by appointing a man to a senior position in his administration who is a confessed enemy of the Catholic Church, John Podesta.

On the Friday afternoon before Labor Day weekend, Biden appointed Podesta to oversee his climate policies. Podesta started in the job on September 6.

Podesta served as chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and was chairman of Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential bid in 2016. He founded the far-left Center for American Progress, and has now come out of retirement to man this new post.

Podesta is not merely someone who disagrees with the Catholic Church’s teachings on many issues—he has actively sought to subvert it. We know this because of the Wikileaks revelations made public in 2016.

In 2012, Sandy Newman, the founder of the left-wing group, Voices for Progress, asked Podesta for advice on how best to “plant the seeds of the revolution.” The revolution he sought was to sunder the Catholic Church.

“There needs to be a Catholic Spring,” Newman told Podesta, “in which Catholics themselves demand the end of a middle ages dictatorship and the beginning of a little democracy and respect for gender equality in the Catholic Church.” (The reference to a “Catholic Spring” in the Church was an allusion to the “Arab Spring” freedom movements in the Middle East.)

Podesta’s reply was priceless. “We created Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good to organize for a moment like this.” He added, “Likewise Catholics United. Like most Spring movements, I think this one will have to be bottom up.”

The Catholic League fought Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good and Catholics United, both funded by George Soros, tooth and nail for years, exposing them as the fraud that Podesta admitted they were. From the get-go they were nothing but Catholic front groups for those who wanted to take down the Catholic Church from within.

In 2010, Catholics in Alliance closed its doors and ceased to exist, though it gave the appearance of hanging on. In 2013, the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status for failing to file a 990 form for three consecutive years. It was the final nail in the coffin for this dummy Catholic letterhead.

Catholics United hung on for a few more years, and finally went under after the Wikileaks emails went public indicting Podesta and others who conspired with him against the Catholic Church. Podesta, along with Hillary Clinton communications director, Jennifer Palmieri, both claimed that they could not be anti-Catholic because they identified as Catholic.

Here is what Bill Donohue said on October 17, 2016, about that line of defense. “Bigotry is determined by what is said and done,” he said at the time, “and does not turn on biographical data. For example, putting a swastika on a synagogue is no less anti-Semitic if done by a Jew. Similarly, making anti-Catholic statements, or engaging in anti-Catholic conduct, is no less anti-Catholic if done by a Catholic.”

It was also revealed that both Podesta and Palmieri ridiculed News Corps CEO Rupert Murdoch, and Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson, for raising their children Catholic.

Biden has to know about Podesta’s anti-Catholic record, but it matters not a whit. Nor does it matter to the media. Yet if a Republican president hired a man who deliberately set out to undermine Islam, he would never get away with it.

This latest chapter in Biden’s antipathy for Catholicism makes mince meat out of his professed “devout” Catholic status.

Bill Donohue

The following is an analysis of our survey of Catholics conducted for us by McLaughlin & Associates. They did a great job. Those who would like to see the raw data can access it on our website.

I had a hand in framing several of the questions; I put my sociological training to good use. Too often pollsters ask questions designed to elicit a response that dovetails with their own political leanings. Our survey asks a number of questions that other surveys of Catholics would never ask.

How accurate is the survey? If all Catholics were asked to respond, there is a 95% chance that the results of this survey would not be off by more than 3.4%, (higher or lower). Unlike other polls of Catholics, we made sure to include Hispanics (they were 35% of the respondents); we paid extra to have the answers of those who responded in Spanish translated. In short, we are proud of the scientific nature of the poll.

The numbers presented have been rounded and may not equal 100%.

In terms of political preferences, 39% of the respondents were Democrats; 27% were Republicans; 34% were Independents. In terms of ideology, 30% were liberals; 36% moderates; 34% conservatives.

Respondents were asked what they thought about the pope, the president and the speaker of the house: 43% said Pope Francis made the Church better; 10% said he made it worse; 39% said it remained the same. When asked, “Joe Biden is a devout Catholic,” 40% agreed and 32% disagreed; 28% said they didn’t know. Rep. Nancy Pelosi didn’t do too well: 29% agreed she is “a devout Catholic”; 32% disagreed; 38% didn’t know.

In terms of Mass attendance, 38% attend weekly; 13% monthly; 49% rarely. Those most likely to attend weekly are Hispanics (42%), African Americans (50%), Asian/Other (46%), men (45%), married (43%), Republicans (42%), and Catholics in the South (41%). The least likely include whites (34%) and women (32%).

Yet when asked how important your Catholic faith is in your life, 9-in-10 (88%) said it was important. One of the most encouraging findings was the large number of Catholics who rarely or never attend church who said that their Catholic faith was important to them: 78% said it was! Might they be persuaded to return to church more often?

Are the news media biased against Catholics? A majority (57%) agree that it is, and only 31% disagree. Republicans are more critical than Democrats: 74% said the media are biased; 46% of Democrats and 56% of Independents agree.

Does this matter? Yes. It no doubt helps to explain why 62% of Catholics agree that “it is getting harder to practice your faith and express your faith publicly in America.” While two out of three practicing Catholics (weekly and monthly churchgoers) say it is getting harder, even 58% of those who rarely or never go to church agree that it is.

Is the Catholic Church an important voice of morality in America? You bet it is: 75% say it is. This includes 86% of weekly and 74% of monthly churchgoers; almost 7-in-10 (68%) of who those who rarely or never go to church also agree.

We know that the clergy sexual abuse scandal took its toll on Catholics, but now that the evidence shows it is mostly in the past—despite what the naysayers believe—it is heartening to learn that six-in-ten (59%) Catholics say “the Church has learned from its mistakes and is now doing everything it can to help keep children safe.” Only 29% disagree. The more often one goes to church the more optimistic that person is.

Respondents were given 13 issues to choose from regarding what they believe is the most important job of the Catholic Church. The top six answers were: promote family values; poverty/homelessness; Catholic values; religious liberty; Catholic education; and unborn/adoption services.

When asked if the Catholic Church should speak out more on moral issues, the results were auspicious: by a margin of 74% to 19%, respondents answered affirmatively. This is good news for those clergy members who may have been intimidated from speaking out more—the laity want you to speak out more!

More good news: 73% of Catholics identify as personally pro-life; 23% say they are pro-choice (most of them say their faith is not important to them). Church attendance matters: the figures for weekly churchgoers, monthly churchgoers and those who rarely or never attend are 68%, 52% and 41% respectively.

How does this play out? When asked to agree or disagree about the propriety of the government forcing Catholic doctors and Catholic hospitals to perform abortions or sex-transition services against their will, 72% said the government should not do so; 19% disagreed. Even seven-in-ten (69%) of those who rarely or never go to church say the government should not do so. Though pro-choice Catholics were the least opposed to government coercion, the majority of them (57%) said it was wrong.

Respondents were asked about gay and transgender issues. “While it is wrong for small businessmen to refuse services to gays, they have a religious right not to provide services that force them to approve of same-sex marriage.” While 47% agreed, almost as many, 42% disagreed. The answers were decided in a big way by church attendance—those who go to church the most were the most likely to agree (59%).

This suggests that the more exposure a Catholic has to the secular culture, the more likely he is to take a liberal position on this issue. Blacks offered the most conservative response, with 70% defending the right of small businessmen not to affirm services for gay marriages.

“The Catholic Church should continue to teach that there are only two sexes, male and female, and should not change its teaching.” Six-in-ten (59%) agreed and a third (32%) disagreed. On this question, Hispanics (73%) and blacks (70%) were the most likely to agree; the figure for whites was 61%. There was a huge difference between the sexes: 70% of the men and 50% of the women are in agreement that the Church should not change its teaching on this subject.

October 11 marks the 60th anniversary of the beginning of Vatican II. Did the Church go too fast or too slow in making changes, or were the changes just about right? There was no majority answer: 20% said the changes were too many and too fast; 37% said too few and too slow; 28% answered just about right.

Church critics say that the Church should get with the times and change.

Catholics were asked why it is that those religions which tailor their teachings to what is popular are losing members faster than those that keep to traditional moral teachings (this is undeniably true). Six-in-ten (59%) said it’s because they went too far; 35% said they didn’t go far enough. The most likely to say these religions went too far were weekly churchgoers (58%), pro-lifers (65%); blacks (65%); and men (58%).

I specifically wanted these last three questions included.

Is it a good thing or a bad thing for a religion to stick to its principles? A clear majority (56%) said it was best to stick to principles and beliefs; 33% said the religion in question should conform to modern-day opinions. Now consider how the answers changed when the question was about the Catholic religion only.

The survey found that 66% of Catholics said that whether they agreed with most positions in the Catholic Church, or differed on some issues, the Church should not change its principles because of public opinion; only 27% said it should modernize. Even 55% of those who rarely or never go to church say the Church should not bend to what is popular! Weekly churchgoers (82%), pro-lifers (84%) and blacks (77%) were the most insistent on the Church sticking to its principles.

I wanted to take it a step further. “If the Catholic church did NOT change its positions as many have suggested, how would that affect your commitment to the church?”

Those who said they would be “more committed” totaled 29%; 41% said they would be “as committed.” Which means that 70% of Catholics either would be more committed, or as committed, to the Church if it did not make the changes that many say it should make. Only 7% said they would be less committed.

Conclusion

The survey clearly shows that Mass attendance is a key factor in explaining the level of fidelity to Church teachings. Leading the way are blacks and Hispanics, Republicans, pro-lifers and men. Trailing are white people, especially women, and Democrats. The situation with whites is serious, particularly among young women. It is serious because whites are in a better position to contribute to the Church than are blacks and Hispanics.

On a more positive note, the extent to which Catholics—even the non-practicing ones—find their faith to be important, is great news. That they also want the Church to speak up more on moral issues is something that cannot be punctuated enough. Our culture is in a state of crisis and if the Catholic voice is silent, matters will only deteriorate.

The support for conscience rights is gratifying, but more must be done to articulate the Church’s teachings on gays and gender ideology. Too many Catholic schools, especially colleges and universities, are failing us.

Most impressive is the degree to which Catholics admire the constancy of Catholic teachings, even if they may not always agree with everything the Church teaches—they do not want it to cave into public pressure. This needs to be taken to heart by the laity and clergy alike. Most polls would never tap this subject.

I have long argued that there is a big difference between a preference and a demand. It is one thing if Catholics say they are okay with married priests, women priests, etc.; it is quite another if they demand these changes be made.

By way of analogy, an example I often give is my stance on the National Anthem. Would I prefer “God Bless America” to the “Star Spangled Banner”? Yes. Am I going to join a demonstration demanding that the change be made? No. It really doesn’t matter that much to me.

Moreover, it really doesn’t matter to most Catholics—including those who prefer that the Church make some changes in its teachings—if the Church holds to tradition. In fact, they appreciate it when the Church stands fast on principle.

The public is being manipulated by pollsters and the media into thinking otherwise. That’s because they want the Church to secularize.

We know that all of us are sinners and that bad decisions have been made by senior officials in the Church. We should remember, however, that none could have strayed had fidelity to Church teachings been paramount. We don’t need to change the Church in any dramatic fashion, but we do need to change the minds of Catholics and non-Catholics alike about the wisdom of those teachings.

Finally, the finding that Catholics feel it harder to practice and express their faith in public is hardly a surprise to those of us at the Catholic League. Trust us—we are not walking away from this issue.

The moral state of America is in deep trouble. That’s not an opinion—it’s what the American people believe.

In March, a Marist poll, conducted for Deseret News titled, “Faith in America,” found that 72 percent of Americans think the nation’s moral compass is pointed in the wrong direction.

In June, a Gallup poll revealed that a record-high 50 percent of Americans rated the overall state of moral values as “poor,” and another 37 percent said it was “only fair.” The public is also pessimistic about the future: 78 percent say morals are getting worse.

Why is this? The American people intuitively know that religious beliefs and practices are an important ingredient in the formation of a moral society.

The Marist poll found that 70 percent of Americans believe in God (more than half citing God as described in the Bible), and that figure jumps to 85 percent if we include those who believe in a higher power. The Gallup poll found that 81 percent of Americans believe in God, down significantly from 1944 when the figure was 98 percent.

This is not a coincidence: The increase in secularism accounts for our moral slide. The public knows it.

A Rasmussen poll taken in March found that 60 percent of voters think people who live according to their religious beliefs are good role models for the rest of us to follow; only 14 percent did not believe this; 26 percent weren’t sure.

The American people know that our moral compass is going in the wrong direction, and they also know that the declining role of religion has something to do with it.

When the Judeo-Christian ethos that has undergirded our society enervates—it used to form the heart of our moral code—it perpetuates a condition where our moral compass is directed more by individual whim than sacred tenets. That is a recipe for disaster.

On September 9th, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a “stay” stopping a New York trial court from ordering Yeshiva University to approve a LGBT student group on campus; Yeshiva is an Orthodox Jewish university that seeks to adhere to the Torah.
This raises the question: How are Catholic colleges and universities dealing with the LGBT agenda?
There are approximately 230 Catholic institutions of higher education in America, and according to New Ways Ministry, a dissident Catholic group that rejects the Church’s teachings on sexuality, more than 130 have yielded, in one way or another, to LGBT demands. Here are ten examples.

Boston College

“Student Outreach and Support Services supports gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning students and their allies….”
“Horizon is a group where gay, bisexual, questioning, trans*, queer, genderqueer, and/or other male-identified students can discuss and seek support in a safe space.”
“Prism is a group where gay, lesbian, bisexual, questioning, trans*, queer, genderqueer, and/or other female-identified students can discuss and seek support in a safe space.”
“Pronoun Display and Name Guide – An easy how-to guide for how to add your pronouns to Canvas and Zoom.”

DePaul University

“The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Queer, Asexual and Ally (LGBTQA) Student Resource Center at DePaul University exists to promote, foster and support a campus environment that is inclusive of people from all sexualities and gender identities.”
“The Annual Drag Show is organized by Spectrum DePaul, an LGBTQ student org on campus.”

Fordham University

“Promote an understanding, acceptance, and appreciation of our lesbian, gay, transgender, questioning (LGBTQ) students that is rooted in Jesuit tradition….”
“The Department of Political Science voted unanimously to adopt the Chosen Name/Pronoun policy confirming that any students who wish to be identified by a chosen name can contact their faculty members via email and request their chosen name and pronoun be used.”

Georgetown University

“The LGBTQ Resource Center, serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning individuals, is the first such Center of its kind at a Catholic/Jesuit institution in the country.”
“While on campus, students may elect to use a chosen name other than their legal name.”
“Georgetown University provides housing to undergraduate students without regard to, and does not discriminate against, on the basis of…gender identity or expression, genetic information….”

Holy Cross

“We strive to provide a safe and affirming community for all LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual/aromantic) individuals. The + is used as a wide signifier of inclusion….”
“The Chaplains’ Office and Counseling Center are excited to invite… students who identify as trans, gender non-conforming, non-binary, genderqueer, genderfluid, agender, questioning, and other members of the community to attend a weekly LGBTQIA+ support group.”

Loyola Marymount University

“Lavender Graduation is an [sic] cultural celebration that recognizes LGBTQIA+ students….”
“You now have the option to add a chosen name, your preferred gender, and pronoun identity to your Personal Information page in PROWL….”

St. John’s University (New York)

“St. John’s University enables students to use a Preferred Name where possible in the course of University’s business and education.”
“Gender-inclusive housing (GIH) is a living option in which two or more students share a bedroom, suite and/or apartment inclusive of their gender identity, sex or gender expression.”

St. Louis University

“Free to {Be} is a student group centered around queer and trans+ students of color (QTSOC).”
“The SafeZone Competency program strives to shed light on the systemic use of heteronormativity and cis-normativity….”

Saint Xavier University

“In addition to the chosen first name, students, faculty and staff may select their personal pronouns from the lists provided in their directory preferences.”
“Personal Pronouns: He/His; She/Her/Hers; They/Them/Theirs (Singular); Ze/Hir/Hirs.”

Santa Clara University

Rainbow Resource Center Mission Statement: “We advocate for those who self-identify within the wide spectrum of sexual orientations and gender identities/expressions and educate the whole program within the context of Jesuit values.”
“Students who wish to update their preferred name should click on the Student Profile tile in their eCampus record….”

Pope Francis has addressed the fiction that we can change our sex, calling it gender ideology. He has specifically said that it is “demonic.”
It would be instructive to know what the presidents of these queer-friendly Catholic colleges and universities would do if they learned that these LGBTQIA+ organizations held a forum to denounce the pope for his remarks.
None of what these Catholic schools are doing is required by law—Title IX provides for religious exemptions. It is all voluntary. This is the state of Catholic higher education in America today.

As soon as we learned of an anti-Catholic event at Tennessee Technological University, Bill Donohue wrote to the president, Philip Oldham (and to the dean of students, Dr. Katherine Williams), asking him to take a strong stand against this ugly episode. The letter was written late in the day and was scheduled to be sent the following day. But late that night a statement by Oldham was released to the press denouncing the event.

“I do not feel the activities in the video represent Tech’s values, and I do not condone explicit activity where minors are present. I am also offended by disparaging mockery toward any religious group.” He went on to say that “As of now, all public events scheduled on campus by those sponsoring organizations are cancelled pending a review.”

In response, Donohue wrote, “President Oldham has acted responsibly, which is why I am tapping the brakes. But Catholics should know what we were about to do.” Accordingly, we released the following letter that was to be sent to the press the morning after Oldham’s announcement.

September 9, 2022

Dear President Oldham and Dean Williams:

In my role as president of the nation’s largest Catholic civil rights organization, I am charged with the goal of combating discrimination against Catholics and defamation against the Catholic Church. Sadly, an event took place this year on your campus, two days after the start of classes, that was flagrantly anti-Catholic.

On August 20, Upper Cumberland Pride presented “DRAG at the Backdoor.” The drag queen show at the Backdoor Playhouse featured a performance by a man whose stage name is Witchcrafted (his real name is Joshua Lancaster) that was totally indefensible.

He came on stage dressed as a Friar, making the Sign of the Cross. He then proceeded to take off his religious garb, wearing what appeared to be a corset and striped tights. The YouTube video that is posted online shows young people, including children, throwing cash at him as he paraded about the stage.

Backstage Playhouse bills itself as an organization that fosters “creativity, critical thinking, excellence, and professionalism through the integration of courses, productions, workshops, and other activities.” Why, then, would it be home to an anti-Catholic event?

Nothing can be done to undo the damage already done to Catholic sensibilities. But it is not too late to see to it that it doesn’t happen again.

The next drag queen performance featuring Witchcrafted is September 24. It is being sponsored by TN Tech Lambda and Tech Players.

I spent 16 years as a college professor and 20 years on the board of directors of the National Association of Scholars. I have wide tolerance for academic freedom and artistic expression, but I also have no tolerance for those who abuse these rights by intentionally, and obscenely, insulting people of faith. I also object when children are being exploited by sexual activists.

Tennessee Tech is a state-funded university, and as such is expected to abide by the First Amendment. Chief Justice Warren Burger, writing for the majority in Lynch v. Donnelly (1984), said the U.S. Constitution “affirmatively mandates accommodation, not merely tolerance, of all religions, and forbids hostility toward any” (my italics). That would seem to include trashing Catholicism the way Witchcrafted did.

Justice demands that Witchcrafted be disinvited from performing on September 24, and that this kind of bigoted stunt not be repeated by anyone. That way we won’t have to revisit this issue again, opting for a different strategy.

I am copying senior government leaders so that they can monitor what happens next. I trust that this ugly chapter can come to an end now.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Over the past few years, beginning with the urban riots that took place in 2020, there was a rash of anti-Catholic crimes across the nation. Monuments were destroyed, iconic statues were bludgeoned, gravesites were desecrated, Masses were interrupted, graffiti was spray-painted on church walls, windows were smashed, churches were torched, schools were vandalized, chalices were stolen, etc.

We put together a representative list of these incidents. In some cases, messages were left indicating that the offenses were a payback to Catholics for their strong pro-life stand. Many wild-eyed charges were levied against the Church, seeking to justify the violence.

A few other organizations, Catholic, Protestant and non-sectarian, published a list of pro-life offices, usually crisis pregnancy centers, that were trashed. Our list is different. We decided to publish a list of only those incidents that targeted Catholic entities, mostly churches, even though many of the pro-life facilities were manned by Catholics.

In some cases, the guilty were caught and charged with a hate crime. In most cases, they were either not apprehended or were not prosecuted.

The violence was a one-sided phenomenon: Catholics and pro-life Americans did not respond in kind.

In June, Bill Donohue wrote to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland asking for an investigation of these offenses. He never replied.

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May 6, 2020: St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Casper, WY—Pulpit, altar, and statue damaged

May 28, 2020: Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, MN—Someone broke into the church and poured flammable liquid under the pews, lighting a fire that damaged pews and the floor

May 29, 2020: St. Jude Chapel, Dallas, TX—Exterior damaged, including thrown rocks shattering windows

May 29, 2020: Cathedral of the Assumption, Louisville, KY—Thrown rocks shattered rectory windows

May 30, 2020: Our Lady of Mt. Lebanon-St. Peter Cathedral, Los Angeles, CA—Church exterior graffitied with “prosecute killer cops,” “ACAB” [All Cops Are Bastards], “Kill all cops,” and “Make America pay for its crimes against Black lives”

May 31, 2020: Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Denver, CO—Church exterior damaged over multiple nights, including smashed gates, grafitti with messages such as “God is dead” and “There is no God,” and windows shattered by rocks

June 22, 2020: Providence College, Providence, RI—At a Catholic college’s on-campus cemetery for deceased priests who taught at the school, a man defaced gravestones by painting swastikas and anti-Catholic language, burned some American flags that were next to the graves, and assaulted a college security guard

July 3, 2020: St. Ann Catholic Parish, Gary, IN—Outdoor statue of St. Mary beheaded and hands severed

July 5-6, 2020: St. Bernadette Catholic Church, Rockford, IL—Crucifix at roadside shrine smashed

July 10, 2020: Cathedral Prep School and Seminary, Elmhurst, NY —Outdoor statue of St. Mary spray painted with word “IDOL”

July 11, 2020: Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, San Gabriel, CA—Fire at 249-year-old church destroyed the roof, pews, and more

July 11, 2020: Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Ocala, FL—Man crashed minivan through church door, poured gasoline on the foyer and lit it on fire. People were inside the church, preparing for Mass.

July 12, 2020: St. Peter’s Parish, Dorchester, MA—Outdoor statue of St. Mary burned

July 13, 2020: St. Stephen Catholic Church, Chattanooga, TN—Statue of St. Mary beheaded

July 14, 2020: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Colorado Springs, CO—Statue of St. Mary painted red

July 15, 2020: Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Miami, FL—Outdoor statue of Jesus knocked over and beheaded

July 15, 2020: St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, New Haven, CT—Satanic and anarchist symbols painted on the front door of the church

July 19, 2020: Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church, Bloomingburg, NY—Abortion monument toppled

August 3, 2020: Sacred Heart Church, Weymouth, MA—Fires set at church entrance

August 8, 2020: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Wounded Knee, SD—Deconsecrated the church destroyed in suspected arson

August 9, 2020: Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine, Denver, CO—Statue of St. Jude beheaded

August 17, 2020: Holy Family Parish, Citrus Heights, CA—Statue of Mary beheaded, swastika spray-painted on Ten Commandments

August 24, 2020: Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Allentown, PA—Attempted beheading of statue of Mary

August 25, 2020: St. James Church, Kenosha, WI—Anti-religious graffiti spray-painted on Catholic Church site during protests over police shooting of Jacob Blake

September 9, 2020: Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Tioga, LA—Statues damaged and beheaded, windows broken

September 11, 2020: Shrine Church of Our Lady of Solace, Brooklyn, NY—Statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe toppled

September 14, 2020: St. Therese of the Child Jesus Catholic Church, Midvale, UT—Statue of St. Therese toppled, beheaded; parish office burglarized

September 15, 2020: St. Patrick Cathedral, El Paso, TX—Statue of Jesus topped, beheaded

September 23, 2020: Incarnation Catholic Church, Town ‘n’ Country, FL—Man breaks church windows, sets pews on fire

September 24, 2020: Assumption Seminary, San Antonio, TX—Man with baseball bat damages crucifix, doors at Catholic seminary

September 26, 2020: St. Peter’s Chaldean Catholic Cathedral and Our Mother of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, El Cajon, CA—Churches graffitied with swastikas, “White Power,” upside down crosses, “BLM,” and “Biden 2020”

September 29, 2020: St. Joseph Cupertino Catholic Church, Fall River, MA—Statues of Joseph, Mary, and infant Jesus decapitated, heads carried away

September 29, 2020: Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, Fall River, MA—Rocks, cinderblocks thrown through windows of Catholic church, decapitated heads of holy family statues found on site

October 12, 2020: Mission San Rafael Arcángel, San Rafael, CA—Statue of Junipero Serra defaced and pulled down

October 19, 2020: Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Magnolia, AR—Pro-life display vandalized. The display consists of 150 small white crosses and a banner, which were knocked down

October 20, 2020: Resurrection Roman Catholic Church, Brooklyn, NY—Statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary found vandalized; left hand was cut off, and there was a crack along her head

October 21, 2020: St. Germaine Catholic Church, Prescott Valley, AZ—Statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ found toppled; gardens surrounding the statues were also damaged

October 22, 2020: St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Scranton, PA—Statue of Mary toppled

October 25, 2020: St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, Louisville, KY—Altar vandalized

November 8, 2020: Mother Cabrini Catholic Church, Shamokin, PA—Head of Jesus stolen from crucifix

November 9, 2020: St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Chicago, IL—Statue of Mary graffitied, “God is dead” spray-painted on church exterior

November 10, 2020: St. Gabriel Elementary School, Milford, CT—Portrait of St. Pope John Paul II defaced

November 15, 2020: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Brewster, WA—Apparent arson attack

November 23, 2020: St. Bernard Catholic Church, FL—Statue of Jesus smashed with rock, two other statues decapitated and pushed into sewer drain, garden set on fire with accelerant

December 2, 2020: St. Joseph Catholic Church, Derry, PA—Multiple incidents of vandalism including toppling of statues, tearing down stations of the cross

December 6, 2020: St. Louis Catholic Church, Houma, LA—Church buildings and bathroom spray-painted

December 11, 2020: Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, CA—Front entrance to site graffitied

December 25, 2020: St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Indianapolis, IN—Nativity scene vandalized on Christmas morning

December 28, 2020: Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, Fall River, MA—Stained glass windows vandalized

January 1, 2021: St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York, NY—Cathedral tagged with anti-police graffiti

January 19, 2021: Rosary Cathedral, Toledo, OH—Graffiti and arson at Cathedral

January 29, 2021: Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Houston, TX—Statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe shot six times

February 10, 2021: St. Pius X, El Paso, TX—Three angel statues toppled and broken

February 16, 2021: St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Denver, CO—Statue and flower pots around altar damaged

February 25, 2021: St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic Church, Floyds Knobs, IN—Chapel doors and statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary vandalized

February 27, 2021: Basilica of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Youngstown, OH—Several statues vandalized

March 2, 2021: St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, Ft. Worth, TX—Vandals damaged statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Thomas the Apostle

March 12, 2021: St. Teresa of Calcutta Church, St. John Paul II Academy, and St. Monica-St. Augustine Catholic Church, Boston, MA—Unkown substance inserted into locks, statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary knocked down

March 22, 2021: St. Charles Catholic Church, Spokane, WA—Fire at St. Charles Catholic School is being investigated as possible arson

April 1, 2021: Abbey of Our Lady of Ephesus, Gower, MO—Gunshots fired at abbey of Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles

April 15, 2021: Holy Rosary Church,Woodland, CA —Statues of three female saints vandalized

April 17, 2021: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Fargo, ND—Face of statue of Jesus vandalized

April 18, 2021: St. John Vianney, Rancho Cordova, CA—Statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary spray painted

April 18, 2021: Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Woodland, CA—Statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Mary Magdalene, and St. John, spray painted

April 26, 2021: St. Elisabeth Catholic Church, Van Nuys, CA—Man smashed face of Our Lady of Guadalupe with a sledgehammer

May 3, 2021: St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Waltham, MA—Statue of Jesus Christ decapitated

May 5, 2021: McCarren Park, Brooklyn, NY—Statue of Polish priest vandalized

May 6, 2021: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Riverside, CA—Stained glass windows broken and statue of San Juan Diego vandalized

May 8, 2021: Our Lady of Grace, Everett, MA—Rocks thrown through stained glass windows

May 9, 2021: St. Thomas More Catholic Church, Narragansett, RI—Statue of Jesus Christ vandalized

May 14, 2021: St. Athanasius Catholic Church, Brooklyn, NY—Large crucifix toppled and smashed, American flag burned

May 15, 2021: Our Lady of Mount Carmel-St. Benedicta-St. Mary of the Assumption Parish, Staten Island, NY—Statues of Our Lady of Carmel and the Sacred Heart of Jesus vandalized

May 17, 2021: Diocese of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY—Statue of baby Jesus decapitated

May 27, 2021: Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church, Leavenworth, WA—Audio equipment stolen and multiple fire extinguishers deployed inside the church

June 4, 2021: St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Port Charlotte, FL—Man caught on camera vandalizing doors and stained glass

June 8, 2021: Immaculate Conception Church, Queens, NY—Graffiti spray-painted on exterior of church

June 19, 2021: St. Veronica’s Catholic Church, Philadelphia, PA—Fire started at front door of church

June 30, 2021: Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Denver, CO—Graffiti painted on exterior of church

July 1, 2021: Holy Rosary Church, Jersey City, NJ—Statue of Blessed Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus vandalized and stolen

July 2, 2021: St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA—Front doors of church vandalized with red paint

July 4, 2021: St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Merced, CA—Man seen on camera using red paint to vandalize church buildings and statues

July 7, 2021: Basilica of St. Lawrence, Asheville, NC—Statue of Jesus covered in red paint

July 12, 2021: St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Parish, Portland, OR—Church vandalized by fire and graffiti

July 12, 2021: St. Patrick Catholic Church, Portland, OR—Church vandalized by fire and graffiti

July 12, 2021: St. Andrew Catholic Church, Portland, OR—Church vandalized by fire and graffiti

July 12, 2021: Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Portland, OR—Church vandalized by fire and graffiti

July 17, 2021: Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church, Forest Hills, NY—Woman seen on camera smashing statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Thérèse of Lisieux

August 6, 2021: St. Benedict Catholic Church, Seattle, WA—Doors vandalized with black paint

August 9, 2021: Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Mary, Bronx, NY—Statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary vandalized

August 17, 2021: St. Michael’s Church, Flushing, NY—Statue of the St. Bernadette knocked down

August 29, 2021: St. Martha Catholic Church, Miami Shores, FL, —Statues of Jesus vandalized

September 2, 2021: St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Jay, ME—Exterior of church and parish hall vandalized with white paint

September 5, 2021: St. Louis Catholic Church, Louisville, CO—Graffiti found on church’s door, sign, and garden sign

September 23, 2021: St. Peter Armenian Apostolic Church, Van Nuys, CA—Stained glass windows smashed

September 29, 2021: Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Boulder, CO—Windows broken and exterior spray painted with pro-abortion messages

September 29, 2021: St. Martha Catholic Church, Miami Shores, FL —Statues of Jesus vandalized

October 10, 2021: Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Denver, CO—Hateful messages and other graffiti found spray painted on exterior wall and door

October 10, 2021: St. Edward Church, Seattle, WA—Windows broken and exterior vandalized with spray paint

October 11, 2021: St. Peter Italian Catholic Church, Los Angeles, CA—Paint splattered over the exterior of the church

October 11, 2021: Arrupe Jesuit Residence, Seattle University, Seattle, WA—Graffiti painted on exterior wall of residence

October 21, 2021: American Martyrs Catholic Church, Manhattan Beach, CA—Hateful messages spray-painted on exterior wall of church

October 22, 2021: Annunciation Catholic Church, Washington, DC—Swastika painted on a pillar in church parking lot

October 24, 2021: St. Charles Borromeo, Tacoma, WA—Fire set to parish office

November 1, 2021: St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Fargo, ND—Statue of St. Anthony of Padua decapitated

November 5, 2021: Mission San Jose, Fremont, CA—Graffiti spray-painted on exterior of Catholic mission

November 9, 2021: St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, Chicago, IL—Graffiti painted on exterior walls

November 28, 2021: Catholic Charities, Knoxville, TN—Fire at Catholic Charities, causing destruction of roof and one fifth of the building

November 29, 2021: St. Peter’s Catholic Church, DeLand, FL—Windows smashed and statues toppled

December 7, 2021: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC—Statue of Our Lady of Fatima vandalized

December 12, 2021: Mary Mother of God Catholic Church, Hillsborough, NJ—Christmas decorations damaged and stolen

December 23, 2021: Mary Mother of God Catholic Church, Hillsborough, NJ—Christmas decorations damaged and stolen

December 29, 2021: Mary Mother of God Catholic Church, Hillsborough, NJ—Christmas decorations damaged and stolen

January 14, 2022: St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, Fresno, CA—Tabernacle vandalized, money stolen

January 26, 2022: Church of the Nativity, Burke, VA—Statues of Our Lady of Fatima and children who witnessed apparitions decapitated

January 27, 2022: Greenwood Catholic Church, Greenwood, MS—Interior of church vandalized

February 14, 2022: St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Catholic Church’s Shrine of the Little Flower, Albuquerque, NM—Stained glass windows smashed

February 17, 2022: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Milledgeville, GA—Two statues of angels knocked down

February 23, 2022: St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, San Antonio, TX—Statue of the Holy Family stolen from parking lot

February 28, 2022: St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church, Baltimore, MD—Tombstones at Ukrainian Catholic cemetery defaced

March 1, 2022: Holy Family Catholic Church, Jacksonville, FL—Statue of the Holy Family defaced with blasphemous words and imagery

March 8, 2022: St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Royal Oak, MI—Interior and exterior of church vandalized, statue damaged

April 1, 2022: St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, North Beach, MD—Sanctuary vandalized, crucifix and stained glass window damaged

April 8, 2022: Cristo Rey Catholic Church, Austin, TX—Thirty windows and front door broken by rocks

May 4, 2022: Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Boulder, CO—Pro-abortion messages spray-painted on front doors

May 5, 2022: Saint Joseph’s Church and Academy, Armada, MI—Satanic symbols, messages spray-painted on door and sign

May 7, 2022: St. Pope John XXIII Catholic Church, Fort Collins, CO—Pro-abortion messages spray-painted on front doors, glass panels smashed

May 9, 2022: St. Bartholomew the Apostle Catholic Church, Katy, TX—Theft of Tabernacle containing Body and Blood of Jesus Christ

May 9, 2022: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, Katy, TX—Building vandalized with pro-abortion messages, attempted desecration of Eucharist

May 9, 2022: Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Houston, TX—Pro-abortion messages painted on front doors

May 9, 2022: St. Louis Catholic Church, Louisville, CO—Vandalized with pro-abortion messages

May 17, 2022: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, New York, NY—Statues of Lúcia dos Santos and Jacinta Marto, two of the children who witnessed the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima, smashed and decapitated

May 19, 2022: Notre Dame de Lourdes, Swarthmore, PA—Pro-abortion messages spray-painted on front doors of church building

May 22, 2022: St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Olympia, WA—Pro-abortion messages spray-painted on church building

May 29, 2022: St. Augustine Catholic Church, Brooklyn, NY—Tabernacle stolen, Holy Eucharist thrown on floor, statues of angels on the altar decapitated and destroyed

June 23, 2022: St. Margaret’s Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo, NY—Religious statues and garden pots smashed

June 25, 2022: Holy Name of Mary Catholic Church, New Orleans, LA—Statue memorializing children who died of abortion defaced

June 25, 2022: St. John Neumann Catholic Community Church, Reston, VA—Pro-abortion messages spray-painted on church building; mulch set on fire

June 25, 2022: St. Colman Catholic Church, Shady Spring, WV—Historic church burned to ground in suspected arson attack

June 25, 2022: All Saints Parish, Portland, OR—Sign vandalized with pro-abortion messages

June 25, 2022: St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Harlingen, TX—Two statues of angels stolen, statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary toppled

June 25, 2022: St. Anthony Parish, Renton, WA—Pro-abortion messages spray-painted on walls, stained glass windows broken

June 25, 2022: St. Patrick Catholic Church, Philadelphia, PA—Church defaced with pro-abortion messages

June 25, 2022: St. Therese of the Little Flower Catholic Church, South Bend, IN—Church’s memorial to the unborn vandalized

June 27, 2022: Ascension Roman Catholic Church, New York, NY—Church defaced with graffiti

June 28, 2022: St. Louise Catholic Church, Bellevue, WA—Man spray-painted anti-religious messages on building, damaged doors with rocks, and threatened people at the church building

June 30, 2022: St. Anthony of Padua School, Lorain, OH—Fire suspected as arson caused estimated 1 million dollars in damages to school

July 1, 2022: St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Tilden, WI—Sidewalk spray-painted outside church building

July 1, 2022: Notre Dame Catholic Church, Chippewa Falls, WI—Sidewalk spray-painted outside church building

July 1, 2022: Holy Ghost Parish, Chippewa Falls, WI—Sidewalk spray-painted outside church building

July 1, 2022: St. Charles Catholic Church, Chippewa Falls, WI—Sidewalk spray-painted outside church building

July 3, 2022: Holy Family Catholic Church, Hillsborough, NC—Pro-abortion, anti-Christian messages spray-painted on building

July 4, 2022: St. Bernard Catholic Church, Madison, WI—Pro-abortion message spray-painted on building

July 5, 2022: St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Oakdale, CA—Windows broken and sprinkler system damaged repeatedly over 2-month period

July 9, 2022: Church of the Ascension, Overland Park, KS—Church building vandalized with pro-abortion messages, statue of Blessed Virgin Mary defaced

July 9, 2022: St. Jane Frances de Chantal Church, Bethesda, MD—Multiple fires set inside church building, statues pulled down, Stations of the Cross torn from walls, books torn

July 14, 2022: Lansing Catholic High School, Lansing, MI—Multiple windows broken with rocks

July 14, 2022: St. Thomas Aquinas Parish School, East Lansing, MI—Windows shattered, statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary toppled

July 23, 2022: Kingsburg Holy Family Catholic Church, Kingsburg, CA—Statue of Blessed Virgin Mary smashed, statues of St. Joseph and baby Jesus decapitated

August 2, 2022: St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bakersfield, CA—Stained glass windows smashed

August 2, 2022: San Clemente Mission Parish, Bakersfield, CA—St. Clement statue decapitated, satanic alter found behind church

August 6, 2022: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Denver, CO—Drive-by shooting damages front door

August 8, 2022: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Denver, CO—Drive-by shooting damages windows

August 11, 2022: St. Anthony Catholic School, Washington, DC—Vandal toppled and decapitated statue of St. Anthony and pulled up benches from school playground

August 15, 2022: St. Anthony Catholic School, Washington, DC—Vandal broke into school, smashed statue of the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph and stole security cameras