The Hypocrites of Notre Shame

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Nearly a month after The Cardinal Newman Society broke the story that newly elected Notre Dame Board of Trustees member Roxanne M. Martino has contributed thousands of dollars to a pro-abortion organization, the University announced today, June 8, that Martino has resigned from the Notre Dame Board.

A Notre Dame press release says that Martino resigned "in the wake of reports criticizing donations she has made to organizations that characterize themselves as pro-choice."

Martino was quoted by the University: “In the best interests of the University, I regretfully have decided to step down from the Notre Dame Board of Trustees.  I dearly love my alma mater and remain fully committed to all aspects of Catholic teaching and to the mission of Notre Dame. I had looked forward to contributing in this new role, but the current controversy just doesn’t allow me to be effective.”

Notre Dame's Board of Trustees chairman Robert C. Notebaert said of the announcement: “Ms. Martino has served Notre Dame in many ways over the years and is highly regarded as someone who is absolutely dedicated in every way to the Catholic mission of this University.  She has lived her life and faith in an exemplary way, including the counsel and support she has provided to Notre Dame, many other Catholic institutions and Thresholds, an organization that provides programs for thousands of people with severe mental illness.”

Notre Dame alumni group Sycamore Trust built off the original Cardinal Newman Society research and found that Martino donated a total of $27,150 to the group EMILY's List from 1998 to 2010.  According to EMILY's List's website: "The mission is simple, really: EMILY’s List is dedicated to electing pro-choice Democratic women to office."

Cardinal Newman Society research also found that Martino gave somewhere between $3,250 and $5,996 to the pro-abortion Chicago Foundation for Women from 2004 to 2011.

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