If they were authentic Catholics, they'd not be employed by large newspapers.
I hope they enjoy the fruits of their labor right now because they can't take that filthy lucre with them to their particular judgement where they will have an opportunity to explain to Jesus why it was a good idea to accept a job with the media and publicly lie about the Doctrine of the Church He established.
Oh, McClellan isn't the religion writer....that's Tim Townsend and he's really not too bad. McClellan simply never passes up an opportunity to use his column to bash the Catholic Church.