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Wednesday September 27, 2000
BISHOP SLAMS FEMINISTS "FALSE" USE OF HIS SUPPORT FOR MARCH
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LONDON, Sept 27 (LSN.ca) - Reacting to the news, first reported by LifeSite, that feminists were using his name and comments to convince Catholics that the Canadian bishops wholly support the World March of Women, Bishop John Michael Sherlock of London has issued a statement. The Toronto March of Women organizing committee was handing out materials showing the March to be pro-abortion and then also handing out materials listing Bishop Sherlock among four other bishops supporting the march. The material quoted Bishop Sherlock as saying: "If pro-life people had their way, we would all be living in a ghetto and crying about how unclean the rest of the world is."
Bishop Sherlock writes: "Unfortunately, some careless remarks of mine about the limited focus of some Pro-Life efforts, remarks for which I have sincerely apologized, have been taken out of context by some pro-abortion advocates to suggest that I support a pro-abortion agenda for the March for Women. That is completely false." Although the bishop retains his support for the other aspects of the March for Women, he says a pro-life stand "is the only stance that can be reconciled with the equal dignity of all women." He notes: "At least 50,000 of the children aborted each year in Canada are girls. Mounting evidence suggests that their mothers risk long-term physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual trauma."
For the bishop's letter see:
http://lifesite.net/clc/womens_march/sherlocksept22.html
For the story on the pamphlet from LifeSite see:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2000/sept/0009122 .html
For all March of Women info see:
http://www.lifesite.net/clc/womens_march/
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