In a 700-word statement, Greene demanded an apology from Catholic League president Bill Donohue, who had earlier criticized her for saying that “Satan’s controlling the Church.” Greene had made the comment during an interview with the right-wing site Church Militant.
Donohue had also called Greene a “loose cannon” and a “disgrace,” adding that she had slandered the entire Church and “needs to apologize to Catholics immediately.”
However, Greene’s official statement did just the opposite, with the congresswoman doubling down on her earlier comments instead.
Today, I released the following statement regarding @CatholicLeague President Bill Donohue's comments. pic.twitter.com/3jFHGmti3X
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) April 27, 2022
“Donohue should have called my office, or had a staffer check Google, before firing off a hysterical-sounding statement. He doesn’t know this, but I am a cradle Catholic,” she wrote.
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Greene said that she stopped attending Catholic Mass after becoming a mother because she couldn’t trust the Church leadership to “protect my children from pedophiles.” She also claimed that the Church “harbored monsters even in their own ranks.”
The Catholic Church still faces a widespread scandal involving thousands of reports from all over the world — including US cities — of children being abused by members of the clergy.
Greene continually referenced the scandal in her statement, accusing US church leaders of covering up the crimes.
“Just so we’re clear, bishops, when I said ‘controlled by Satan,’ I wasn’t talking about the Catholic Church. I was talking about you,” she added.
“I can tell you that it’s the bishops’ wickedness that has driven me away from the Church, and I make no apologies for saying so,” said the congresswoman. “America’s Catholic bishops are some of the worst in the world.”
She also accused them of supporting an “illegal invasion” by using federal funds to resettle undocumented immigrants — one of the main talking points of her interview with Church Militant.
“What more can we expect from criminals and abusers living unaccountable lives of luxury funded by the rest of us, draped in fine linens while choirboys are raped?” Greene wrote in her statement.
“Until the people running the Catholic Church stop abusing children and stop covering up the abuse of children, I will continue to hold them to account,” she added.
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The saddest part of this is that MTG has deprived her children of a wonderful Catholic upbring because of a few very sinful leaders in the Catholic Church. I assume she does not permit them to engage in sport or join any boy or girl organizations as they have been known to have these types in positions of power. Last, but not least, I assume she does not permit them to attend school. Look at how many teachers have been engaging in this behavior. Also, never leave them with a baby sitter – same problem. It has always been in every society and it is up to s as parents to be ultra vigilant to guard our children against such atrocities. I am happy to say that in my parish this problem was never encountered but I am well aware that it does exist. My prayers are with all who have been victims and I hope they can get all the help they need to be able to live full and normal lives.
We are Protestants and highly respect sincere Catholics, the main body of their church. However, we knew for fact that the bishop in Belleville, IL in the late 1990s knew and protected homosexual priests from exposure in that area under his jurisdiction. Unfortunately, the great majority of Catholic priests were not homosexuals and yet have had to carry that yoke around their necks ever since. And not all Catholic bishops should be condemned by Greene. But God knows who the bad ones are; He knows everything.