CANADA
Durham Region
WHITBY — Parents with children at a couple of Brooklin Catholic schools are still fuming over a letter sent home from their parish priest, while the Father himself has tackled the issue on the church website.
The letter dated Lent 2013, a call to return to Catholic practices, included a two-page “examination of conscience” and invitation to reflect on sins before going to confession.
From Rev. Charles Forget, pastor of Saint Leo the Great Catholic Church in Brooklin, the letter was sent home with students at St. Bridget and St. Leo Catholic schools.
Sins included “Have I committed adultery or fornication?,” “Have I become intoxicated?” and “Have I denied my spouse his or her marriage rights?”
“It was in my youngest son’s agenda. He’s seven,” said St. Leo mother Audrey Cowie.
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