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Fathers Glendinning and Russell.


London, ON--On March 22, the Toronto Star reported that Fr. Barry Glendinning, formerly of London and now a liturgist lit·ur·gist  
n.
1. One who uses or advocates the use of liturgical forms.

2. A scholar in liturgics.

3. A compiler of a liturgy or liturgies.

Noun 1.
 who teaches summer courses at St. Paul's University in Ottawa, (see "The Orator and liturgists" in News in Brief Apr 00, pp.30-31), is being sued by a family of three brothers and a sister, together with their parents. Fr. Glendinning was convicted in London of six counts of gross indecency INDECENCY. An act against good behaviour and a just delicacy. 2 Serg. & R. 91.
     2. The law, in general, will repress indecency as being contrary to good morals, but, when the public good requires it, the mere indecency of disclosures does not suffice to exclude
 in 1974. The family is suing him, the Catholic diocese of London The Diocese of London forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.

Historically the diocese covered a large area north of the Thames, and bordered the dioceses of Norwich and Lincoln to the north and west.
, and the London Catholic School Board for $11.6 million.

Peterborough--On March 18 the Peterborough Examiner reported that Fr. William Russell of Toronto was arrested on March 14 and charged with indecent assault and gross indecency against a teenage boy in 1974. He appeared in Peterborough Court on March 28.

Father Russell taught a mandatory Catholic religion course to incoming Catholic teachers at the Ontario Institute for the Study of Education, University of Toronto Research at the University of Toronto has been responsible for the world's first electronic heart pacemaker, artificial larynx, single-lung transplant, nerve transplant, artificial pancreas, chemical laser, G-suit, the first practical electron microscope, the first cloning of T-cells, , for a number of years. He was featured in our article critical of Catholic Teachers' education in Toronto The elementary schools and high schools in Toronto, Ontario, Canada are operated by the Toronto District School Board and the separate Toronto Catholic District School Board. As a global city, it is also home to a number of post-secondary educational institutions. , entitled "Stones for bread," Jan/Feb 1998, pp 13-17. His current position is director of Catholic education for the Ontario Catholic School Trustees' Association.
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Date:May 1, 2000
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