If the last few weeks have taught us anything it is this; you can't do things anymore in the Catholic Church that go against the faith and not be called out.
LifeSiteNews is reporting that Roger Lawler, the General Secretary of the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario has been publicly active on Twitter condemning the position of Monte McNaughton a candidate for the leadership of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party concerning the explicit sex education curriculum being imposed upon Ontario's children. MacNaughton a Member of the Provincial Parliament has been outspoken against the proposed curriculum. As this picture we obtained from his Twitter page shows he has "re-tweeted" what appears to be his support for a "sex-ed update Ontario badly needs."
There is no hiding the fact that the recently convicted Bernard Levin a former Professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Assistant Deputy Minister of Education and adviser to Ontario's Premier Kathleen Wynne, a lesbian developed this curriculum which will be forced upon our Catholic schools.
Reports are now coming to light at LifeSiteNews and The Rebel Media that there is a government cover-up “These documents show Liz Sandals and Premier Wynne are now
trying to cover up the fact that Levin was intimately involved in the ministry
at the time. They have been deliberately misleading us,” Landolt told
LifeSiteNews.
As LifeSiteNews reports "The curriculum that Roger Lawler, the ACBO’s general
secretary since September 2014, has been defending teaches about anal and oral
sex, masturbation, and contraception in grades 6 and 7, and begins discussing
homosexual family structures in grade 3. Two Catholic psychiatrists told
LifeSiteNews this week that they believe the program is “sexual abuse” because
it sexualizes children prematurely."
Mr. Lawler has been asked to provide comment via his Twitter page but has not yet replied; he declined to comment to LifeSiteNews which advises that "Prior to his top position with the Assembly of Catholic
Bishops of Ontario, Lawler was director of education for 15 years at the
Waterloo Catholic District School Board (WCDSB), which has been criticized as
the “most non-catholic Catholic school board in Ontario.” Under his watch, the
board approved several controversial materials for school use as well as
problematic policies that critics at the time said “created an air of tolerance
towards active homosexuality.”
Catholic Intelligence Blog, which has even more detail on this situation, has advised of this quote by Mr. Lawler from LifeSiteNews dating from November 2, 2007: "Lawler spoke of legitimate differences of opinion on matters
of "faith and morals".
"Faith and one’s understanding of faith is not static. As we
learned and have been taught as a Post-Vatican II people, we are a Church with
rich diversity," he wrote. Adding:
"Diversity also can bring about differences of opinion in areas like
theology, faith, and morals. This is natural and healthy for a living, dynamic
Church."
How much more are Catholics in Ontario to take?
We have just this week seen the scandal of a priest of the Congregation of St. Basil Tweeting STFU to Raymond Cardinal Burke and now we have this matter.
How can the Catholic Bishops of Ontario from Cardinal Collins to Archbishop Prendergast and the others tolerate this continued scandal within the Church? Does Mr. Lawler speak for Ontario's Bishops and the Catholic faithful? Should a person of such influence and high position within an episcopal conference use his Twitter feed for such political lobbying? What else is going on in the Assembly that the laity is unaware of? When are our bishops going to act like bishops?
For all the details on this latest scandal click on the LifeSiteNews heading below.
His Eminence, Thomas Cardinal Collins (President)
Archbishop of Toronto
1155 Yonge Street
Toronto ON. M4T 1W2
Phone: 416-934-0606 Fax: 416-934-3452
Most Rev. Gerard Bergie (Councillor)
Bishop of St. Catharines
Catholic Centre – Diocese of St. Catharines
P.O. Box 875
St. Catharines, ON L2R 6Z4
Phone: 905-684-0154 Fax: 905-684-7551
Most Rev. Marcel Damphousse (Councillor)
Bishop of Alexandria-Cornwall
220 Montreal Road
Cornwall, ON K6H 1B4
Phone: 613-933-1138 Fax: 613-937-4931