'It's a blatant anti-Catholic message': Nationals pitcher blasts Dodgers organization ahead of LA team's Pride Night

Washington Nationals pitcher Trevor Williams said the Los Angeles Dodgers organization knows exactly what it's doing after the franchise re-invited a group called the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to its Pride Night celebrations.

The team will honor the drag queens as community heroes despite previously uninviting them, even though the group routinely mocks Catholics with portrayals of Jesus on a cross as just one example.

Williams had already released a lengthy statement condemning the team's move and said that the group "makes a blatant and deeply offensive mockery of my religion, and the religion of over 4 million people in Los Angeles County alone."

The pitcher spoke out once more about the June 16, 2023, Pride Night, however, in an interview with Catholic network EWTN News and further remarked on his position.

"We cannot stand idly by while our Lord gets mocked. And before I hit send, you know, you try and do as much research as you can," Williams told host Colm Flynn.

"You see the horrific videos that were posted of them. You read about what they were trying to do, these things that are deeply offensive to us. ... They've been doing it for over 30 years."

Williams expressed that "it was the point when the Dodgers re-invited them, after knowing very well what they've been doing for the last 30 years," that he had the biggest issue with.

The Nationals player said it became clear that the drag queen group violates the Los Angeles Dodgers' fan code of conduct by mocking the beliefs of others.

"You cannot wear anything or say anything that goes against anybody's age, gender, creed, religion," Williams said of the rules.

"This is going against their code of conduct. It's a blatant anti-Catholic message that they're sending, regardless of how much 'good' they've been doing in their community," Williams added.

Two of the Dodgers' own players have voiced displeasure with the event as well. Blake Treinen said in a statement that the group's work "only displays hate and mockery of Catholics and the Christian faith" and that he does "not agree with nor support the decision" made by the organization.

Star pitcher Clayton Kershaw told the Los Angeles Times that he disagreed with the Dodgers’ decision and that he approached the organization about expediting his announcement of the club’s Christian Faith and Family Day as a response.

"Picking a date and doing those different things was part of it as well. Yes, it was in response to the highlighting of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence [by the Dodgers]," the left-hander said.

As for Williams' views as to why he finds the drag queen performers offensive:

"I think if anyone with two eyes and a brain can see that they're mocking the religious habits of nuns, they're mocking what we hold most deeply. ... When you look at it from the outside and a totally objective view, it's blatant mockery," he concluded.

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