“OUTSIDERS ATTACK CATHOLIC SCHOOLS”
Oh, please! The lion’s share of the attacks come from the CATHOLICS within the schools - students, parents, and teachers. And they ally with the outsiders, emboldening them.
Im catholic and don’t get the huge number of Catholics I know who pick and choose what they believe like the religion was a buffet
Donohue certainly adverts to the fact that "alumni, faculty and students" have dissented from Catholic faith and morals on many a contested issue.
But the purpose of this particular article was to point out that "government, non-profits, local activists, celebrities, the media, and corporations" have weighed in in a massive way to try to undermine Catholic institutional indentity and integrity.
He's going a point, doesn't he?
True enough. The church has always had persecution from without and dissenters from within: i.e. heretics, schismatics and apostates.