Backing of a Pro-Abortion Politician to High Profile Catholic Post
Sept 09, 2004
Responding to concerned Catholics who wrote about the appointment of former Ontario PC cabinet minister Tina Molinari - listed as 'pro-abortion' by a pro-life group - to a high profile post within Catholic Missions in Canada, Toronto Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic's spokeseman said he backs the appointment.
TORONTO, August 9, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Despite a 1999 pro-life group's evaluation and a July 20 LifeSiteNews.com interview with Tina Molinari, both of which indicated that she was not pro-life, Cardinal Ambrozic says in a letter of July 23, "I am completely confident that the staff of Catholic Missions In Canada fully believe and support the Catholic teaching of respect for and preservation of all human life, and that human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception."
LifeSiteNews.com asked Molinari if she opposed abortion in all circumstances, she responded, "Well, I am not one to judge a woman's decision to make those decisions. I don't think it's my place to judge. I think that's between the woman, her doctor and her God." Asked, "Would you support a law to make abortion illegal?," Molinari responded, "The question is irrelevant because I'm in no position to support any law in that respect."
When LifeSiteNews.com contacted the Archdiocese to discuss the issue, the Cardinal's spokesman, Suzanne Scorsone, said that the Cardinal had met personally with Molinari and discussed the issues. "I know that he has had discussions with her, and since he said that he is confident, he is confident," Scorsone told LifeSiteNews.com.
When LifeSiteNews.com pointed out that an interview conducted only three days prior to the Cardinal's letter demonstrated that Molinari clearly did not follow the Church's teaching on life, Scorsone revealed that the Cardinal knew of the LifeSite report. "He's certainly aware of what your publication has said," said Scorsone.
When asked if a copy of the interview would be of assistance, the offer was declined.
LifeSiteNews.com had a letter hand-delivered to the Cardinal's office explaining the difficulty and revealing that in an interview Molinari had demonstrated she did not "fully believe and support the Catholic teaching" on pro-life as the Cardinal's letter suggested.
When LifeSiteNews.com asked that Molinari be on record as rejecting her former non pro-life stand or at least embracing the pro-life stand, Ms. Scorsone responded, "You have the cardinal's record and that is record." During the discussion Scorsone added, "If he's confident I don't see why others would not trust that confidence . . . Thank you very much for your concern."
Backing of a Pro-Abortion Politician to High Profile Catholic Post