By Bill Fancher
May 21, 2001

(AgapePress) - The Catholic League is voicing its concern over an anti-Catholic cable movie scheduled for later this month.

Patrick Scully is director of communications for the Catholic League. He explains why the group is alarmed over the May 27 presentation of a film version of the Christopher Durang play, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You.

"You don't have to make my word for it -- all major theater critics are on record as saying this is a viciously anti-Catholic film," Scully says. "It rips, it mocks just about every Catholic teaching. It is just something that is overwhelming in its bigotry."

Scully says the League has already taken action by contacting Viacom, the parent company of Showtime.

"[We called] upon Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone ... to speak out about this. What does he think?" Scully asks. "This is a ... very powerful man in the media today who has a history of speaking out against intolerance and ... bigotry."

Last week, the New York Post contained quotes from both the director and the president of Showtime regarding the movie. Scully sums up what they said.

"[They said] they're going to get a pass to make fun of the Catholic church if they want because they happen to be Jewish." Scully says being a religious minority is no excuse for bigotry.

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