A conservative Catholic organization chided Edgewood College and 12 other Catholic colleges and universities for inviting commencement speakers who publicly oppose “fundamental Catholic teachings.”
The Cardinal Newman Society, a self-described “national organization dedicated to the renewal of Catholic identity” at Catholic colleges and universities, noted that Edgewood invited Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge Paul Higginbotham to speak at commencement on May 15. The organization drew on past comments by the judge in determining his views on abortion.