New York City, N.Y., Mar 6, 2011 / 16:20 pm
The Catholic League has released a summary of its efforts to defend the rights and reputation of the Catholic Church throughout 2010, particularly against what the league's president perceives as a cultural bias against the Church and its beliefs.
“There is obviously a double standard – something we have pointed out over and over again,” said Catholic League President Bill Donohue. On Feb. 28, the organization released its “Annual Report on Anti-Catholicism” for 2010.
“Assaults on Catholicism, if not Catholics, are running at a fever pitch,” Donohue stated in his summary of the report. “It is our job to confront those responsible. We do so by putting the media spotlight on them, protesting in the streets, and alerting our membership base.”
During 2010, Donohue and the league called attention to a number of controversial incidents, saying they showed an inconsistency between the treatment of Catholics' beliefs and sensibilities, and those of other groups.