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Ottawa Sun
KRISTIN ANNABLE QMI AGENCY
A small but fervent group remains committed to raising funds for convicted sex offender and disgraced archbishop Kenneth (Seraphim) Storheim.
But the group were stopped in their tracks this weekend when an Ottawa church pulled the plug on one of their fundraising events.
An attempt by the group to throw the party March 5 at Woodroffe United Church was thwarted when SNAP, a U.S.-based support group for clergy abuse victims, alerted the church of the group’s true intentions.
It was touted as a chamber music concert on a website devoted to raising money for Storheim’s legal defence.
“We don’t support funding for people who have been convicted of sexual abuse,” explained Rev. Jan Lougheed of her decision to cancel the event.
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