Nationals pitcher Trevor Williams escalated his objection to the Dodgers’ decision to re-invite the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence as part of the team’s Pride Night this Friday.
A “deeply troubled” Williams blasted the Dodgers at the end of May, calling on “fellow Catholics to reconsider their support” for the organization for inviting the trans and queer group known for using religious imagery to mock Catholicism to call attention to sexual intolerance.
The Dodgers’ decision received backlash, which led to the group’s invitation being rescinded before the team eventually re-invited them for the June 16 festivities.
Williams told EWTN’s Colm Flynn on Wednesday that he researched the group and its “offensive” material before he initially spoke out.
“You see the horrific videos that were posted of them. You read about what they’re trying to do. There’s things that are deeply offensive to us,” Williams said. “And then you see that, well, they’re doing these things, they’re raising money for this that and the other.
“They’ve been doing it for over 30 years.
“But there’s a point where the Dodgers re-invited them after knowing very well what they’ve been doing for the last 30 years.”
The group, which features “nuns” with names such as Sister T’aint A Virgin and Sister Porn Again, prompted Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to send a complaint to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred about why the franchise would “honor a group that mocks Christians through diabolical parodies of our faith.”
The former Mets hurler — who pitched for the team from 2021-22 after being acquired in the Javy Baez trade — referenced the Dodgers’ code of conduct, which he said prohibits wearing or saying “anything that goes against anybody’s age, gender, creed, religion.”
“At that point, this is going against their code of conduct,” Williams said. “It’s a blatant anti-Catholic message that they’re sending, regardless of how much good they’ve been doing in their community.”
But Williams has not been the only MLB player to express his concerns with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw voiced his frustration — which he believed accelerated an announcement from the team about the return of Christian Faith and Family Day.
“I don’t agree with making fun of other people’s religions,” Kershaw said. “It has nothing to do with anything other than that. I just don’t think that, no matter what religion you are, you should make fun of somebody else’s religion. So that’s something that I definitely don’t agree with.”
Fellow Dodgers pitcher Blake Treinen, who is on the 60-day injured list, also slammed the group for its “blasphemous” performances and “hate and mockery of Catholics.”
Williams, 31, has been serviceable for Washington this season, posting a 3-4 record with a 4.11 ERA in 13 starts.
After his most recent appearance on June 11, the righty’s next outing lines up for this coming Friday — the same night of the Dodgers’ Pride Night.
“I think anyone with two eyes and a brain, they’re mocking the religious habits of nuns,” Williams said.
“They’re mocking what we hold most deeply, and our core convictions, they’re blatantly mocking it.”