Silence hurts church (Vancouver Island)

By PatBlennerhassett
Feb 16 2007

Bishop Richard Gagnon may have thought he could quell the uproar over his decision to fire Father Michael Favero by dodging tough questions from his parishioners and portraying the dismissal as a confidential matter between employer and employee ...

Catholics from all over Vancouver Island are slated to gather tonight at Holy Cross Church in Gordon Head to discuss the sudden and bizarre departure of the church’s beloved pastor ...

Holy Cross parishioners allege that Gagnon forced Favero to resign in January after Favero refused to fire Holy Cross administrative assistant John Oetter for being a homosexual ...

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