CANADA
The Telegram
Barb Sweet
Published on June 13, 2016
An expert on canon law testifying for the RC Episcopal Corp. of St. John’s says historical Vatican documentation backs up the Christian Brothers’ autonomy.
Fr. Francis Morrissey, noted for being a canon law professor at St. Paul University, Ottawa, is on the witness stand today in the Mount Cashel civil trial at Newfoundland Supreme Court.
Reviewing documents tracing back to the late 19th and early 20th century, he said the archbishop could not visit and intervene in the internal affairs of the lay order Christian Brothers.
The Brothers, said Morrissey, were granted a special exemption as they spread out beyond Ireland to places that included Newfoundland and the U.S.
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