Child Rape Victims “Pitiful Bunch of Malcontents”: Catholic Group

Catholic League President Bill Donohue has called victims of priest abuse and their advocates and supporters a “pitiful bunch of malcontents” and “professional victims.”

He made the comments on the League’s website in response to a conference organized to mark a decade since the Boston Catholic Church abuse scandal emerged. The comments are illustrated with an image of a crying baby.

He also said that Catholics had “moved on” and were not “wallowing in negativity.”

Donohue has been criticized multiple times for comments seen as lacking any sensitivity towards the victims of abuse by the church.

He characterized as “hysterical” the response to the Ryan Report, the result of a lengthy inquiry into the abuse of children in Ireland over decades. He called the abuse “homosexuality.”

Last April the League took out a full page advert in the New York Times which blamed the abuse crisis on the media, scammers and gay people.

Other figures, including Rick Santorum and Rush Limbaugh, have attempted to place the blame for the abuse anywhere but with the Church.

Santorum said in 2002 when the scandal broke that it was “no surprise that the center of the Catholic Church abuse took place in very liberal, or perhaps the nation’s most liberal area, Boston.”

The Boston Catholic Church itself has issued a report on the tenth anniversary of the scandal detailing what they had done in response.

“Since the time I was named Archbishop of Boston in July of 2003 our highest priority has been to provide outreach and care for all the survivors of clergy sexual abuse and to do everything possible to make sure this abuse never happens again,” Cardinal Sean O’Malley said.

“As an Archdiocese, as a Church, we can never cease to make clear the depth of our sorrow and to beg forgiveness from those who were so grievously harmed,” he said.

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Jennifer K.

10:52AM PST on Feb 18, 2012

For Catholics, non-Catholics, and non-Christians, please understand that Bill Donohue does NOT speak for the Catholic Church; does NOT represent Catholic or Christian values; and is an embarrassment to the entire Church.

Satan has a stronghold around his neck, and everything that comes out of his mouth is 20% truth and 80% lie, which is how Satan works - just enough little bit of truth to make the unknowning convinced that he speaks all truth. That's the way Hitler was, Stalin was, Hussein was.

Donohue is little short of evil, but as Catholics, we are required to keep him in our prayers. We pray for his conversion of spirit, and apologize to those he has wronged.

send a green star

Joan M.

2:41PM PST on Feb 4, 2012

This guy is a complete idiot what does he know about it, so the Catholic Church has moved on, I don't think so, all they have done is swept it under the carpet in the hopes that it will go away, surprise it is not going anywhere. All the victims out there deserve to be heard. People like Bill Donoghue and all the others supposedly dogooders out there who don't have a clue what they are talking about should just sit down, shut up and go away

Jackie A.

4:59AM PST on Feb 3, 2012

Put this idiot in a room with the survivors and we'll see what he thinks about it then. When are these fools going to realise that homosexuality and paedophilia are two completely different things? This guy should just shut up and sit down because he clearly has nothing useful to say on the subject, what a tool :-(

Sarah M.

11:05AM PST on Jan 26, 2012

Despicable!

Lika S.

1:49AM PST on Jan 18, 2012

The Bible does NOT condone having consensual sex with children, much less raping them. I say these types of Catholics and other religious people who agree will probably find themselves a date with the devil for that.

Kathy P.

12:20PM PST on Jan 17, 2012

It's a sad day when a "christian" says things so heartlessly, especially one of his stature

Deborah L.

7:00PM PST on Jan 15, 2012

The "Anti-Christ" is not one person but all these people that use the Church for their own ends and pervert the beautiful teachings of Christ.

And do it in His name!

Pride before God? Ya' think?

Gina P.

1:11PM PST on Jan 15, 2012

Maybe these people should experience rape themselves to understand it. Not much empathy for supposed Christians.

jayasri a.

3:31AM PST on Jan 15, 2012

This disgusting wretch should be excommunicated!

bob m.

3:52PM PST on Jan 14, 2012

Two perfect illustrations of how the truth has been twisted and hijacked in CC and others.
These being that the priests Mary, pope are your "links to GOD....wrong!
Your link to God the Fathewr is through His Son Jesus.... Too many middle men and women...
Jesus directly ...As OUR High Priest said....the kingdom of heaven is within you.
Our Father in heaven......remember?