I don’t always agree with the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights but they do a great job. This group has a strong Chaminade connection too. The chairman of the Board of Directors is Fr. Eichner who for years ran Chaminade and now runs Kellenberg High School. At one time, Chaminade was the only high school in the country to have a chapter of the League. The League was not well known when I went to high school and at one time it looked like it might fold. When Fr. Eichner and staff got to work trying to find a person to run it, they ended up finding Dr. William Donohue. Could they have done any better?? Bill Donohue made the League nationally known, more than tripled the membership and turned the League into the defacto “Catholic” source for the media when they wanted opinion. They also amaze me by accepting sincere apologies from offenders and being quite gracious. Their newsletter shows them to be one of the few civil rights groups with a sense of humor. Their latest edition is great, with writing on the hypocrisy of Hollywood with regard to child molesters, the bigoted and angry Jimmy Breslin, and Bill Donohue on Phil Donahue’s show:

Phil: “Also with us is William Donohue, who wants you to know he’s not related to me. It’s very important for him that you know that.”

Bill: “Not biologically or ideologically.”