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ANGLICAN DIOCESE DISASSOCIATES FROM PARISH CONTRIBUTING TO ANTI-CATHOLIC WYD EFFORT

Speakers at Anti-Catholic Event Include Those Advocating Violence Against Churches

TORONTO, July 16, 2002 (LSN.ca) - In an ecumenical-relations nightmare, a prominent Anglican parish in Toronto is lending its church and leading services for an anti-Catholic group planning on disrupting World Youth Day. Moreover, the "Challenge the Church" group organizing the event has enlisted a known advocate of violence as a speaker. (See the Toronto Star coverage: http://www.torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Artic... )

The Toronto Star reported Sunday that Anglican Holy Trinity Church, located prominently in Toronto's downtown core behind the Eaton's Centre, will host the five-day "Challenge the Church" event. According to a recent article in the dissident publication Catholic New Times, the event is being organized by the abortion-advocating "Catholics for A Free Choice Canada," the Playboy funded group denounced by both American and Canadian bishops as anti-Catholic.

LifeSite has learned that one of the speakers at the event is Jaggi Singh, a well-known anarchist and advocate of violent protest. He was involved in the violent desecration of Mary Queen of the World Cathedral in Montreal in 2000. During the attack on the church pro-abortion activists were burning homemade crosses, spray painting altars and walls, blaspheming, throwing condoms and attempting to overturn the tabernacle all the while calling for the "right" to abortion. Writing in an article after the attack, Singh called the attack "re-decorations" of the church. (see LifeSite coverage: http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2000/mar/00030901.html )

In comments to LifeSite the Anglican archdiocese of Toronto disassociated itself from the actions of the parish. A spokesperson in the Toronto diocesan media office told LifeSite that "each parish is separately incorporated" and thus the diocese is "in no position to prevent it." She noted that Toronto Anglican Bishop Terence E. Findlay has told all parishes in his diocese to support World Youth Day. When asked if the diocese would see Holy Trinity's action as supporting WYD the spokesperson responded, "not at all."

Holy Trinity Anglican parish in Toronto is known for its pro-homosexual activism. It's website features a working group on "gay and lesbian" issues boasting of participation in Gay Pride day. ( http://holytrinitytoronto.org/justice/ )

For the "challenge the church" program, please see:
http://www.challengethechurch.ca/pages/Alternatives.html

Mr Singh's writings on the desecration of the Catholic Cathedral in Montreal:
http://www.infoshop.org/news5/montreal2.html

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