Ottawa Catholic school board withheld key letter showing Free the Children provides contraceptives

OTTAWA, March 11, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As the Ottawa Catholic School Board defends their partnership with Free the Children and refuses to answer parents’ questions about whether the secular charity distributes contraceptives in the developing world, LifeSiteNews has obtained a letter Free the Children sent to the school board in October admitting one of its clinics does in fact "stock provide contraceptives to patients.”

Critics are calling it a “cover up” and a “major Catholic scandal,” and accuse the school board of knowingly “cooperating with evil.”

Free the Children co-founder Marc Kielburger sent the October 1 letter to then-OCSB chair Mark Mullan as Catholic parents called on the board to end its partnership with the group. In the same letter, he insisted the charity does not “endorse” abortion.

After receiving the letter, the school board told parents in October that it would continue its partnership, quoting the line dealing with abortion. Parents were left wondering at the time why Kielburger’s response via the board omitted any mention of the charity’s position on “family planning.”

But as the October 1 letter obtained by LifeSiteNews reveals, Free the Children did not omit a response. The OCSB simply refused to report the full contents of the letter.  (more...)

Ottawa Catholic school board withheld key letter showing Free the Children provides contraceptives

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