Susan Sarandon Condemned by Catholic League After Calling Pope a Nazi

Susan Sarandon is coming initially from under fire for calling Pope Benedict XVI a nazi within the Hamptons Film Festival in the last weekend.our editor recommendsADL Asks Susan Sarandon to Apologize for Mentioning for the Pope just like a NaziMichael Moore, Susan Sarandon Make Examines Wall Street Protests PHOTOS: 10 Artists Dems and Republicans Prefer to Hate "Susan Sarandon's insufficient understanding is willful: people who've hate inside their veins aren't taking into consideration the reality. The simple truth is Ernest Ratzinger [the Pope] was conscripted at 14 into the Hitler Youth, along with every other youthful German boy," states the best choice in the Catholic League of America, William Donohue, in the statement. STORY: Susan Sarandon Calls the Pope a Nazi within the Hamptons Film Festival "Unlike a lot of the other teens, Ratzinger rejected to go to conferences, getting economic difficulty to his family. In addition, unlike a lot of the others, he deserted within the first chance. Sarandon's comment is obscene. Sadly, it's what we should have started to anticipate from her," Donohue added. On Monday, the Anti Defamation League also called with an apology within the actress. Abraham H. Foxman told The Hollywood Reporter in the statement, "Hopefully that Susan Sarandon might have the sense to apologize for the Catholic community and many types of people she may have upset using this disturbing, deeply offensive and completely uncalled for attack round the good title of Pope Benedict XVI. PHOTOS: Susan Sarandon, Michael Moore at Occupy Wall St. "Ms. Sarandon may have her versions while using Catholic Chapel, but that is no excuse for throwing around Nazi analogies. Such test is hateful, vindictive and merely really diminish the actual background idea of the Holocaust." Foxman also called Sarandon's comment "disturbing, deeply offensive and completely uncalled for." Sarandon told actor Bob Balaban inside an interview in Sag Harbor on Saturday that they sent the Pope a replica in the anti dying penalty book, Dead Guy Walking. She starred inside the 1995 film adaptation in the book. Making obvious which Pope received her package, Sarandon mentioned, "The ultimate one, not this Nazi one we've.In . Balaban tried to bop around the comment, but Sarandon just handled to obtain again, according to reviews. Everyone else also jeered. Related Subjects Susan Sarandon