Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the way
some are reacting to the Vatican’s
decision to reform the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR):
Over
the years, I have met many nuns who have been distraught over the way some in
their ranks have lost their way. Now that the Vatican is seeking reforms, these
nuns feel vindicated. That is why it is disturbing to read the way some of the Vatican’s
critics are trying to defend the indefensible. Keep in mind that only 3% of the
55,000 nuns in the U.S.
actually belong to the LCWR, though one would never know this by reading the
secular press. But facts don’t matter to those gone loopy.
Joan
Vennochi of the Boston Globe wants to know why the pope doesn’t “crack down on
protectors of pedophile priests” instead of nuns. But there is nothing to crack
down about. As the latest report on priestly sexual abuse shows, no credible
accusations were made in 2011 against 99.98% of the priests. Besides, the
problem has been homosexuality, not pedophilia (less than 5% of the old cases
dealt with pedophilia).Monica
Yant Kinney in the Philadelphia Inquirer says the Vatican “slammed nuns for devoting
their lives to educating the poor, treating the sick, and feeding the
ravenous.” That she still has her job after writing such drivel is the real
story here.Melinda
Henneberger of the Washington Post says the LCWR got in trouble for supporting
ObamaCare. A little research would have disclosed that legitimate concerns
about this group extend back many years, having nothing to do with ObamaCare.Pat
Buchanan was fired from MSNBC because his bosses didn’t like a book he wrote.
By contrast, the Vatican
doesn’t fire anyone for breaking ranks. So tell me which of these two
organizations really can’t tolerate dissent? One more thing: we await a column
by these voyeurs on the sex segregation that is commonplace in Orthodox Judaism
and Islam.