[Magdalen] registered sex offenders in church

[Molly Wolf]

The Diocese of Ottawa used the model of Circles of Accountability and Support to integrate one of Canada's most famous pedophile offenders into parish life.  I haven't followed this in some years, but I could check up on how it's going.

Molly

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On Dec 5, 2015, at 6:05 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Are they to be denied access to worshipping God?  Is there  a circle of support who can help them stay safe?
> 
> Marion, a pilgrim
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>> On 12/5/2015 5:25 PM, ME Michaud wrote:
>> Spoke with someone recently who's discovered they have several registered
>> sex offenders in the congregation (urban parish).
>> 
>> Conundrum!
>> 
>> Do any of you know of parish or diocesan policies?
>> -M
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