Monday, February 2, 2015

Ottawa archbishop rips Wynne’s explicit sex ed plans: a ‘seizure of parental authority’

Archbishop Terrence Prendergast is urging parents and concerned citizens
to contact the government.
OTTAWA, February 2, 2015 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ottawa’s Catholic archbishop has added his voice to the thousands of Ontario parents protesting the Wynne government’s plans to impose a new explicit sex education curriculum.

Archbishop Terrence Prendergast is urging parents and concerned citizens to contact the government. “Tell them your concerns about this seizure of parental authority,” he says.

In an address January 31 at the 10th anniversary gala for Maryvale Academy, a private Catholic school in Ottawa, the archbishop warned that the government “appears willing to usurp” parental rights in imposing the new curriculum. Parents, he said, are the ones who are “best qualified” to offer children formation in this sensitive area.  (more...)

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