The Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Quebec are raising concerns about religious freedom after a recent ruling from the Quebec Court of Appeal. Photo: Sxc.hu. |
Quebec’s Catholic bishops have raised questions about religious freedom after a court imposed the province’s Ethics and Religious Culture program (ERC) on a private Catholic School.Read the full story at The B.C. Catholic website.
On Dec. 4, the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld the initial ruling of the province’s education minister that refused Loyola High School in Montreal an exemption from the ERC and overturned a 2010 Superior Court decision in Loyola’s favor.
Though the Jesuit-run school offered a replacement program, the minister ruled it was not equivalent since it was taught from a Catholic perspective and is therefore not “neutral” as the ERC requires.
“For our part, we believe that the Minister could have used [ministerial] discretion to recognize the value of the approach adopted by Loyola College in its program,” said a declaration from the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Quebec (AECQ) executive committee released in late Dec.
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