Is ‘Nothing Sacred’ a ‘Positive Vehicle’?

So now 117 priests, nuns and bishops say that the TV series “Nothing Sacred” is “a positive vehicle for discourse” (Morning Report, Nov. 18).

Perhaps so, but tens of thousands to millions of other Catholics in the country obviously don’t agree, as can be seen from the show’s abysmal ratings. It looks as if the Catholic League’s criticism of the show is speaking for somebody out there.

The portrayal of the priesthood in “Nothing Sacred” is not what Catholics look for in their clergy. If it is a true representation of priestly life, then it is no wonder that Catholic families are not sending their sons into that life. The bishops who signed the ad in favor of the show need to wake up and smell the coffee if they want to fill their seminaries again.

ROSE FOLEY

Santa Barbara