Ontario Catholic Schools Cave To Secular Demands

Winchester, VA – Church Militant reports that the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board and Ontario Catholic School Trustees Associates had a complaint filed against them with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal by Claudia Sorgini, a non-Catholic high school student. Sorghini, a non-Catholic student, refused to attend religion class, and was granted an exemption from it, but because she “felt pressured by the school” to take the class, she filed the complaint so other students would not feel similar pressure. The case was settled privately, allowing any student to opt out of any relgious class or ceremony for any reason whatsoever, immediately, and with no questions. Sorghini’s lawyer, Paul Champ, said, “Teenagers have minds of their own, and they can arrive at their own opinions about their religious beliefs or creed.. If they, at that age, don’t want to take religious programs, they have a right under the Education Act to be exempt.”