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U.S. Bishops’ President Criticizes Viacom for South Park Mockery of Virgin Mary on Comedy Central
WASHINGTON (December 16, 2005)—A recent episode of Comedy Central’s South Park that mocked the Blessed Virgin Mary in a “tasteless and ugly fashion” reflects “extreme insensitivity,” said Bishop William S. Skylstad, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in a letter to Tom Freston, co-president and chief operating officer of Viacom International which operates Comedy Central.
Bishop Skylstad made his criticism in a December 14 letter to Freston.
“I hope you will appreciate the gravity of the hurt this program has caused and that you will not permit your networks to be used to give similar offense in the future,” Bishop Skylstad said also
The letter follows.
WASHINGTON (December 16, 2005)—A recent episode of Comedy Central’s South Park that mocked the Blessed Virgin Mary in a “tasteless and ugly fashion” reflects “extreme insensitivity,” said Bishop William S. Skylstad, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in a letter to Tom Freston, co-president and chief operating officer of Viacom International which operates Comedy Central.
Bishop Skylstad made his criticism in a December 14 letter to Freston.
“I hope you will appreciate the gravity of the hurt this program has caused and that you will not permit your networks to be used to give similar offense in the future,” Bishop Skylstad said also
The letter follows.