The following is an anonymously authored "statement" issued by the Archdiocese of Toronto. We must presume that this "statement" has been published with the approval and authorization of Cardinal Collins.
Let us review the "statement" in full and then proceed to analyze it in light of Catholic teaching.
From the Archdiocese of Toronto:
In light of inquiries to the Archdiocese of Toronto relating to the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB), some additional information may be helpful:
We must do all that we can to foster a safe environment for all students, but, more than that, the faith that is the foundation of Catholic Education requires that every individual be treated with respect, dignity, compassion and love as a child of God. Everyone, and especially anyone who is suffering, is included in the love of Christ that we are called to make present in the world.
The Archdiocese of Toronto was invited by the Toronto Catholic District School Board to provide guidance and resources on church teachings.
Ministry of Education policy, PPM 128, directs that the prohibited grounds of discrimination found in the Ontario Human Rights Code be included in updated Codes of Conduct for all school boards in Ontario. While the archdiocese recognizes that terms such as gender identity are included in the Code, we do not accept the view of the human person which underlies this terminology, since that view is not compatible with our faith.
- We note that the revised TCDSB Code of Conduct includes additional provisions to ensure that it is interpreted according to Catholic faith, “as articulated by the teaching of the Church…expressed through various documents of the Universal Church, the Bishops of Canada, the Bishops of Ontario and the Archdiocese of Toronto.” In doing so, it is exercising a right that is referenced in the Ontario Human Rights Code itself.

Given there are four sections, we shall follow this outline as we proceed in our analysis.
Pt. 1: Sentence 1: The is objectively true, but ambiguous. Intentionally so. There is no definition of "respect, dignity, compassion and love". St. Thomas Aquinas taught that the definition of terms is vital to any discourse. Two men may be using the same words, but with a different meaning. What exactly does a "child of God" mean? This is confusing being and acting. One may be a Catholic, but one may act in a sinful manner. Because of its ambiguity, we reject it.
Pt. 2: Sentence 1: The Archdiocese claims that the Board "invited" the Archdiocese to "provide guidance" (intervene in a partisan manner). On the contrary, this was an unprecedented intervention to force the Board to vote in accordance with the demands of the so-called Ontario Human Rights Code. We categorically reject and denounce this intervention as the Archdiocese did not provide guidance in conformity with Catholic Faith and Morals.
Pt. 3: Sentence 1: This is a factual statement that carries with it very grave legal implications. It strikes at the heart of the matter: the State determining what Catholic morality (hence even what Faith is). The fact remains however, that Catholics have a constitutional right to receive educational monies up to and including the 8th grade, with the State not interfering to change Catholic Faith and/or Morals. We reject this abject surrender to State control of Catholic education.
Sentence 2: Here we have an obfuscation and a contradiction. The Archdiocese recognizes the objective reality that gender ideology is contained in this so-called "human rights code". It is not a question of recognizing something, it is a question of judging its moral quality. We can ask the question: if the Archdiocese does not "accept" the "terminology", and that it is "incompatible" with the Catholic Faith, why did it then support the terminology's inclusion? The Archdiocesan claim stands in contradiction to its intervention in demanding the Board vote in favour of including the "incompatible" "terminology" of the "Human Rights Code". We therefore reject this as inconsistent and deceitful.
Pt. 4: Sentence 1: The Archdiocese claims that the Board's inclusion of gender ideology can be interpreted according to the Catholic Faith. This is false, duplicitous, and we reject it categorically. A falsehood cannot be interpreted to be true, or even partially true. Either gender ideology is true or false. It cannot be both. The Archdiocese contradicts itself, as in Pt. 3, Sentence 2 it admits the incompatibility of gender ideology with Catholicism, yet wishes to interpret something incompatible with Catholic Truth! If it accepts gender ideology, why not be honest, and admit it? Indeed, Maria Rizzo, the other dissenting Board members, the Media, "LGTB" activists are all aware that in fact IT DOES mean acceptance of the "LGBT" agenda. So why is the Archdiocese denying this fact?
Sentence 2: The Archdiocese after subverting Catholic education (Pt 4. Sent 1), then makes the implied claim that Catholic educational rights are not founded on the Gospels, not on Christ, not on the Authority granted by Christ to His Church, but on the State. We reject this claim that the Church receives Her rights from the State. We also know that both sentences in Pt 4 are LIES as "LGBT" propaganda has been, and is openly promoted in many TCDSB schools without any intervention from the Archdiocese to correct error and teach according to the Catholic Faith.
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