[Magdalen] registered sex offenders in church

[Marion Thompson]

Some who followed the grim Harper's trail of destruction may know that a 
couple of years ago he took funding away from Circles.  All part of 
being his 'tough on crime',  I suppose.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 12/5/2015 6:33 PM, Molly Wolf wrote:
> 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:
>>
>> Are they to be denied access to worshipping God?  Is there  a circle of support who can help them stay safe?
>>
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>
>>> 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