Confronting vicious public anti-Catholic bigotry by leftists

Radical congregation attacks Catholicism in largely Catholic Boston suburb

The leftist group did not expect a community protest organized by MassResistance

November 20, 2025

In Massachusetts, they've gotten used to easily getting away with public anti-Catholic bigotry. But not this time!

Leftists are no longer content with simply pushing the LGBT agenda onto conservative religious believers. They’ve escalated their attacks on religion and God. They’re engaging in gleeful public displays of bigotry meant to anger and humiliate faithful people in their community. But MassResistance activists are letting them know that regular citizens won’t stand for it.

A loathsome, offensive “church” event

Melrose, Massachusetts is a suburb north of Boston (population ~29,400). Catholics make up the largest faith community in the city at about 40 percent.

Almost two weeks ago, MassResistance was contacted by “Patrick,” one of our long-time supporters in Melrose and a devout Catholic. He was distraught. The far-left Unitarian Universalist church located across the street from the Melrose Public Library was putting on an unbelievably offensive and disgusting event. It was open to the public. The church was advertising it on signs, on flyers, and through social media as one of its “Thoughtful Thursday” events.

The flyer that was sent across social media inviting everyone in town to their depraved and offensive event.

The so-called “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” are an LGBT group of evil and depraved men who dress up as caricatures of Catholic nuns and mock the Catholic religion, its prayers, and its traditions. They show up at gay pride parades and other events across the country. They often advertise themselves as a charity that helps the poor and does “good deeds.” But that is a front for their actual extremely offensive activity.

The Melrose Unitarian Universalist church was inviting the public to an event there, featuring two of the “Sisters” (both sporting full beards) for an hour or two of “joyfully” bashing Catholicism. It was titled “Making Resistance Fun,” apparently “resisting” what they consider to be the backward, ignorant, and unenlightened beliefs of religious Catholics in their community. They call this “creative activism” in drag.

Signs on nearby streets advertising the event. "Drag Nuns: Make Resistance Fun! Thursday November 13, 7 pm."

Pulling people together

It’s hard to imagine that people would do this to their neighbors. But judging from what the church was advertising, these leftists believe that religious Catholics are a lower form of humanity. It didn’t appear that the church anticipated any negative reaction or pushback.

We had only a few days before the event to get something together. So we worked with Patrick to get Catholics from across town, including from the Catholic group American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property, to organize an energetic protest on the sidewalk right in front of the church, before and during the event.

Taking it right to them!

The evening of the event, Thursday, November 13, over 30 people were on the front sidewalk. They weren’t just meekly protesting – they were bold! Most of the time, they prayed the Rosary and other Catholic prayers over a loudspeaker. And anybody driving by could read their banner and see why they were there.

The protest was right outside on the sidewalk - loud and strong!

One of the "Sisters" goes into the church.

The church said that 35 people joined the “Sisters” at the event. We were told that the church even bussed in a youth group (and a sign outside seemed to confirm that).

Apparently, this is where the youth group bus dropped them off for the event that evening.

The church reacts

Leftists in greater Boston are accustomed to getting their way everywhere without any problems. So the Melrose church was not expecting people in the community to boldly stand up to their hatred and bigotry. They were clearly unnerved when it happened. The leftists also seemed jarred that the protesters were loud and resolute (while, of course, not physically threatening as leftists often are).

The next day the church published an absurd and hypocritical article about the protest on their website. They said that the only message the “sisters” delivered was about charity work, and claimed that it was the protesters’ banner which was “insulting.” They said that they tried to converse with the protesters, but that the protesters wouldn’t stop “chanting” their prayers. But we were told that no one from the church approached the protesters.

The church’s article ended with a message in line with the Left’s toxic and dishonest agenda:  

In other words: Let’s keep grooming children with sexual perversions, but proclaim that “grooming rhetoric” is what’s really dangerous.

Note that the church report also references examples of the “charity” work by the “Sisters” – of course, these involve children:

Final thoughts

Vile attacks on religion and people of faith has been a staple of the American Left for decades. Unfortunately, it is now sweeping into even “respected” areas of the Right. It must be confronted and fought wherever it takes place. Only when that happens will the perpetrators get the message!

The leftists certainly were not expecting any protest this time. We want them to expect it every time they assault Biblical religious communities!