The purpose of The Interim is to set forth the truth about the freedom and dignity of the individual human person in the area of family, marital and sexual morality. Insofar as religion and politics, law and medicine, economics and culture impinge upon this sphere, The Interim makes these areas her own. Erring clergy, indifferent politicians, lawless magistrates, doctors of death, abusers [...]
Quebec. On February 13, a week after the end of the 30-day period in which an appeal was possible against Mr. Justice Dufour’s ruling that she had a right to be taken off her life support system, Nancy B.’s respirator was taken off; she died seven minutes later. When she was unplugged, a hospital spokesman said, she was unconscious because of tranquilizers, [...]
Euthanasia bill dies Ottawa: Robert Wenman’s euthanasia bill died in Committee on February 18. The bill, described as “dangerous” because of much vague wording allowing multiple interpretations, was sponsored by Robert Wenman, Conservative MP for Fraser Valley West, BC. Black Out Ottawa: NDP Dawn Black’s Motion asking for more federal funding for Planned Parenthood was defeated in the House of Commons 95 [...]
Ottawa. The Vatican has warned an Ottawa priest to bring his teaching views of moral theology into harmony with Church teaching. André Guindon On Jan. 29, 1922, Father André Guindon, of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, professor of Moral Theology at St. Paul’s University in Ottawa, was presented by the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) The CDF is [...]
Edmonton: Lianne Laurence, 32, The Interim’s western correspondent and Edmonton’s persistent champion of the unborn, was sentenced to 60 days in jail on February 11, 1992. Miss Laurence had been arrested on seven previous occasions for picketing and protesting at the local Morgentaler abortuary which opened in September 1991. She has spent a total of 35 days in jail. She has vowed [...]
Law Reform Commission to review abortion ban The Irish Law Reform Commission plans to study the legal situation arising out of Ireland’s constitutional ban on abortion, stated the Chairman, Mr. Justice Ronan Keane, November 17, 1991, in an address to a criminal law conference. Mr. Justice Keane said that the Commission would soon begin work on proposals for re-drafting the Offenses Against [...]
Last December 13, the first fetal tissue transplant in Canada for Parkinson’s Disease took place at the Victoria General Hospital (VGH) in Halifax. Parkinson’s is a neurological disorder characterized by loss of motor functions and coordination; it affects about 70,000 people in Canada, most of them over age 50. The transplant of fetal tissue from an aborted child into an adult brain [...]
In the ‘Charge’ he delivered last September to the 139th Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Toronto, Bishop Terrence Finlay stated, “I need people who will reach out and listen to someone on the other side, to act with care, to know how to give and take.” Such care and sensitivity were required, he thought, in “an effort to understand how the [...]
The Ontario Association of Catholic Families issued a letter in December 1991 addressed to fellow Catholics asking to oppose sex ed in school. School is not the automatic social context for sex ed, the letter says, despite what people are saying. The association was founded several years ago and has some 100 member families. Its current president is Brian Taylor, a father [...]
Single mothers in North Bay elect to live in welfare-subsidized apartments rather than Columbus House, a residence operated by the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie. Columbus House closed recently due to a lack of clientele, Martin Martinello, chairman of the Columbus board of directors, told The Interim. Refusing to live by the rules laid down by Columbus House, the majority of unmarried [...]
A high school ‘safe-sex’ display has led to parental calls for an abstinence-based sex-education curriculum. Janice Morris said she and other parents in the Grey County school district were motivated to speak out when they discovered the contents of a ‘Sexuality Fair’ that was touring local schools. “When we looked at the fair and discovered what sort of things they were teaching,” [...]
Toronto. A Toronto high-schooler still suffers emotionally following the abuse she received for speaking out against homosexuality. (For an eyewitness account of this incident, see “School board promotes ‘gay’ lifestyle,” by Sue Careless on this page) Diane Mallot says her teen-aged daughter enrolled in the West End Alternative school to take an accelerated diploma course. One of the electives was called “Challenging [...]
On Monday, January 6, 1992 the official opening of the new Way Inn and Aid to Women offices in Toronto’s Cabbagetown neighbourhood took place. Since the premises are right next door to the Cabbagetown Women’s clinic at which Dr. Monole Buruiana performs abortions, a pro-life picket preceded the reception. The opposition came out in force too, and helped make the opening a [...]
On December 17, ten people were arrested for blocking access to Edmonton’s four-month-old abortion “clinic.” By blocking the rear and front entrances, they violated the terms of a blanket injunction that was obtained by the “clinic” after the first Operation Rescue on November 17. At 7:00 a.m. on a very crisp winter morning, rescuers went to a special Mass offered for them [...]
“IN ALL MY WANDERINGS IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE GRACE OF GOD IS IN COURTESY.” So wrote the famous English writer of the 1930s, Hilaire Belloc. As this is my first column for 1992 – the January column was written in December 1991 – I was trying to think of something positive as a subject. Then on Sunday last I happened [...]