The ABC show “drew some immediate criticism, particularly from a representative of the Catholic League, who said ABC News relied too heavily on the opinion of Father Richard McBrien of Notre Dame, who believes Mary Magdalene’s importance has been historically understated and that it’s possible she was his wife. “I think it was not sufficiently balanced,” said Joseph DeFeo, policy analyst for the Catholic League. “The majority of the people who spoke believed in either the plausibility or the outright truth of [book author] Dan Brown’s claims. The facts themselves scream out that this is a crackpot theory.”