Contact: Press Office, The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, 212-371-3191, pr@catholicleague.org

NEW YORK, Nov. 4, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- Bill Donohue (photo) comments on the November 1 edition of "Real Time with Bill Maher" on HBO:

When a young boy recently sat in Pope Francis' chair, and the Holy Father welcomed him, the response was universally acclaimed. Well, not quite.

Bill Maher is different: he hates Catholicism with a passion, and that is why he showed a picture of the pope with his hand on the boy's head, saying, "No, Pope Francis, I thought you were different." Everyone in the audience knew that he was saying the pope is a child rapist, and that's because every week Maher portrays priests as molesters.

The man needs help.

Contact HBO executive producer Nancy Geller: nancy.geller@hbo.com