[3] In March 2017, Daly banned Reverend Otto Koltzenburg, a retired priest, from participating in ministry, based on credible accusations that he sexually abused a 10-year-old altar boy between 1984 and 1986 in Spokane.

[11] On February 4, 2019, Daly stated that American Catholic politicians who support abortion rights should be denied communion in the diocese until they are "reconciled to Christ and the Church".

[12] On January 30, 2017, Daly criticized the Trump administration ban on the admission of refugees from the Syrian Civil War into the United States.

In a statement on February 19, 2020, Daly wrote that he was concerned by the Gonzaga University School of Law's establishment of an LGBTQ+ Rights Clinic without first consulting him.

[14] The clinic's stated aims are: "...to advance the equal rights and dignity of individuals who identify as LGBTQ+ through education, programming, advocacy, research, and legal representation.

Daly also condemned the violence at some of the George Floyd protests and said that "BLM is in conflict with Church teaching regarding marriage, family and the sanctity of life.

"[17] In the same statement, Daly decried the "horrific and unjustified" murder of George Floyd and outlined steps to be taken in conjunction with Catholic Charities towards addressing racism.