USCCB News Release
March 18, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Clarification
Washington—A recent letter from Network, a social justice lobby of sisters, grossly overstated whom they represent in a letter to Congress that was also released to media.
Network’s letter, about health care reform, was signed by a few dozen people, and despite what Network said, they do not come anywhere near representing 59,000 American sisters.
The letter had 55 signatories, some individuals, some groups of three to five persons. One endorser signed twice.
There are 793 religious communities in the United States.
The math is clear. Network is far off the mark.
Sister Mary Ann Walsh
Director of Media Relations
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
This is largely the fault of our media, which is looking for good news for democrats, and will report press releases as if they are truth.
Plus, the 2000 years of Nuns as trusted servants of the Lord kind of makes people believe them when they say things — in this case we learned that some Nuns can lie for political gain.
They probably always use spell checker to avoid embrassing spelling problems like:
We are a Katholeac gruop...
[As an example]