CANADA
Metro Ottawa

JESSICA SMITH
METRO OTTAWA

Published: January 08, 2012

The Archbishop of St. John’s issued a statement to the parishes in his province, voicing his “sadness, disappointment and anger” concerning former Bishop of Antigonish Raymond Lahey’s conviction for importing child pornography.

The short statement, distributed to parishes on Sunday, spoke against pornography as a whole.

“Pornography is an all-too-common obsession and addiction,” said Archbishop Martin Currie.

Lahey told an Ottawa court that the child pornography on his computer came from an “indiscriminate” addiction to porn.