Timothy dolan

A prominent attorney who has brought forward numerous child sex abuse cases against the Catholic Church on Thursday called on the Archdiocese of New York to release the names of accused priests.

'It's window dressing on top of the thing that they're trying to deflect attention away from.'

"In all seriousness, tonight is really about the littlest among us," said Colbert. "Speaking of which, is Mayor Bloomberg here? Mayor Bloomberg can you stand on your chair or something?"

Among the 6,000 pages of documents released by the Milwaukee archdiocese yesterday was a letter from Dolan to the Vatican requesting $57 million be transferred to a trust.

The compromise, which was proposed yesterday, comes after an earlier compromise from last spring.

Cardinal Dolan has it made: the president is about to kiss his ring and American Protestantism is on the decline!

"It was made clear to the Democratic Convention organizers, as it was to the Republicans, that the Cardinal was coming solely as a pastor, only to pray, not to endorse any party, platform, or candidate."

Looks like the GOP's trying to get some help from the Big Mentsch In Charge.

Remember: Cardinal Dolan (and the GOP) love religious freedom to deny women birth control.

“It was a way to provide an incentive to go the voluntary route and make it happen quickly, and ultimately cost less,” a spokesman said.

Just before the St. Patrick's Day Parade yesterday, Cardinal Timothy Dolan announced the beginning phase of the $177 million renovation of St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Dolan spoke out against the Obama administrations contraception compromise yesterday: “It is a freedom of religion battle,” he said. “It is not about contraception. It is not about women’s health.”