As I had been assured that I would get an answer to my question, I listened and waited. Again in vain. O'Connor came with no prepared statement, but he did present his group as a victim. He didn't seem to know that the subject of the inquiry was school prayer, and the chair did not bring him to order as he rambled on. He did say that the Catholics did education cheaper, but he failed to remark that Catholics and other private schools screen their children in advance and generally have the privilege of choosing the most educable.
Catholics are on the record supporting public school prayer as long as they are properly Catholic.
Nothing nondenominational for them. When Gerrold Nadler left after his excellent speech, I tried to catch up with him. He seemed to avoid the question of evidence. And so, I left him as he faced a news camera, without an answer. His aide, however, slipped me his card and I phoned him the next day.