Religious News Service
Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, whose diocese Notre Dame occupies, issued a statement urging the school’s leaders to rescind the appointment. Rhoades described Ostermann’s public support for legal abortion and her criticism of the modern pro-life movement as “outrageous” and “ludicrous,” saying her position “need not all be repeated here.” Her “disparaging and inflammatory remarks” about pro-life Catholics, he added, conflict with “a core principle of justice” central to Notre Dame’s mission.