Bill in the News (San Francisco Bay Times): During the back-and-forth, Bill Donohue, President of the Catholic League, published a piece entitled the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (A timeline of anti-Catholic actions committed by these bigots).” In it, he mentions San Francisco Bay Times columnist Sister Dana Van Iquity for the year 1992: READ MORE HERE
Catholic League in the News (Los Angeles Times): The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights says it will run 25 ads on KABC-AM (790) during a five-day stretch, starting Tuesday, calling for fans to stay away from Dodger Stadium on June 16 to “send an unmistakable message that bigotry against Catholics should not be tolerated.” [...]
Catholic League in the News (Free Beacon): The Los Angeles Dodgers aren't the first California baseball team to face criticism for associating with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an anti-Catholic LGBTQ group, but when it last happened in 1995, things turned out a lot differently. The controversial group—which consists of cross-dressing "nuns" who combine drag with [...]
Bill in the News (Heritage Foundation): The Sisters, as you might guess from the name, is a group of vile, hateful anti-Catholic, anti-Christian bigots whose members dress as nuns, painting their faces white and with garish makeup, a form of mockery every bit as offensive as a White person in blackface. And that’s not the worst [...]
Bill in the News (Christian Post): [The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (SPI)] made national headlines in mid-May after the Dodgers announced they would honor the group at a team pride event and later rescinded the invitation after criticism from conservative groups and lawmakers like Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who questioned why the Dodgers were awarding “a [...]
Bill in the News (Marin Independent Journal): During the course of this case, both Archdiocese of San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone and Catholic League President William Donohue used clever language in letters to the Marin District Attorney’s Office before DA Lori Frugoli reduced charges against the activists. READ MORE HERE
Bill in the News (CBS Sports): President of the Catholic League Bill Donohue also contacted MLB and said the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence were promoting hate speech toward the Catholic community. "In my letter, I said that if a group of white boys in black face—a modern day Al Jolson ensemble—were to be honored by an MLB team, there [...]
Catholic League in the News (American Greatness): As Susannah Luthi notes in the Free Beacon, “From its inception in 1979 in San Francisco’s Castro District, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence has satirized Catholic beliefs in the name of progressive activism. When Pope John Paul II visited San Francisco in 1987, the group held an ‘exorcism’ and [...]
Bill in the News (Catholic News Agency): Almost 28 years ago, the owner of the San Francisco Giants wrote a letter of apology to the Catholic League for hosting the drag group on the field before a game, according to correspondence the Catholic League shared with CNA on Friday. In a letter dated Aug. 28, 1995, [...]
Bill in the News (The Daily Signal): Bill Donohue, the longtime president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, has compiled a lengthy list, dating back to 1979, of some of the Sisters’ most outrageous acts of anti-Christian bigotry READ MORE HERE
