Washington D.C., Aug 19, 2004 / 22:00 pm
Tom Roberts, editor of the liberal weekly newspaper National Catholic Reporter wrote an editorial column yesterday expressing his resentment with the conservative National Review for blowing up a story the Reporter was preparing against Catholic leader Deal Hudson.
On Wednesday, Hudson, editor of the Catholic monthly Crisis Magazine, wrote a column called “The Price of Politics: Getting ahead of a potential distraction,” warning that his past was being dug up for political reasons — “in an attempt to undermine the causes I have fought for: the defense of Church teachings on life, the priesthood, the authority of the Pope, and the need for faithful Catholic participation in politics.”
Hudson’s head start prompted Roberts to post an angry editorial column in which he says it is “intriguing that the National Review would allow its Web site to be used in such a fashion.”
“The National Review allowed Hudson to characterize the unpublished story, which was still in the process of being written –writes Roberts- as an unfair look at his personal life.”