The Catholic League’s Bill Donahue Is More Interested In Scapegoats Than Solutions, Says TWO
NEW YORK – Truth Wins Out today harshly condemned the Catholic League and its President Bill Donohue for its full-page New York Times ad in which the organization served as an enabler for sexual abuse in the Catholic Church and sought to deflect blame for the crisis by smearing the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.
The offensive ad sought to exonerate the Pope and other priests of blame who are ensnared in a widening sexual abuse scandal that reaches across the globe. Instead of offering an apology for sinful behavior, the Catholic League served as apologists and used the ad to try to deflect the crisis by attacking gay priests.
“This was a disgraceful ad and an unconscionable attempt to smear gay and lesbian people,” said Truth Wins Out’s Executive Director Wayne Besen. “Clearly, the Catholic League is more interested in finding scapegoats than solutions.”
In today’s ad, entitled, “Going for the Vatican Jugular”, Donohue wrote, “The Times continues to editorialize about the ‘pedophilia crisis,’ when all along it has been a homosexual crisis.”
“We should remind Donohue that there is no child sexual abuse crisis in gay community centers, neighborhoods, churches or social organizations,” said TWO’s Besen. “This nightmare has to do with Catholic pedophile priests and those who served as their enablers. The Catholic League thinks it is mounting a defense, but it is only exacerbating the pain felt by the defenseless who were taken advantage of by authority figures in the church.”
Truth Wins Out is a non-profit organization that defends the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community against anti-gay misinformation campaigns, counters the so-called “ex-gay” industry and educates about the lives of LGBT people. Our goal is to help individuals be true to themselves and lead genuine lives of honesty and integrity.
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