Ottawa, Canada, Jun 30, 2009 / 15:39 pm
An investigating committee with the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has released its report concerning allegations a CCCB-affiliated agency was supporting pro-abortion groups in Mexico concluding that the charges were unfounded but deeming the groups in question to be “imprudent.”
The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CCODP) was accused of distributing funds to five organizations that support the legalization of abortion and the distribution of contraceptives in Mexico.
The CCCB’s Committee of Inquiry made a visit to Mexico in April after which it rejected the allegations that Development and Peace projects there provided financial assistance to projects related to the promotion of abortion.
However, the committee said the five organizations in question were imprudent in signing a United Nations report on human rights in Mexico that included “orientations not in accord with Catholic teaching,” the CCCB stated.