Chicago, Ill., May 8, 2012 / 01:08 am
Anti-bullying advocate Dan Savage, currently under fire for insulting Christian high school students, made an obscenity-laced attack against the Pope in a recent speech at an Illinois college.
As criticism mounts over Savage's recent anti-bullying campaign talks, Catholic League President Bill Donohue called on Elmhurst College officials to apologize for inviting the controversial speaker.
“They had to have known about Dan Savage’s history of offering obscene anti-Catholic rants when they asked him to speak at the campus chapel,” Donohue said May 2. “The president of Elmhurst College must have known – he was certainly there to welcome him.”
Savage, known for his graphic syndicated sex advice column, incited backlash over remarks made at an April 29 appearance in front of an audience of college students.