My first question was what dumbass at the WH scheduled the event, so I went to read the full article...here's a another snip...

(Morely Institute's director since January) Mr. Hudson, 55, was once a top consultant to the White House on Catholic issues and the former chairman of the Republican National Committee's Catholic outreach effort. He resigned the RNC post in August after an expose in the National Catholic Reporter about his 1994 dismissal from Fordham University after a sexual liaison with an 18-year-old student.