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Ida Li Preti must go!

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Dissident Catholic trustee Ida Li Preti must be defeated in the next school board election!

Dear Friend,

If you're a Catholic ratepayer living within the geographic boundaries of Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) Ward 3, or if you are a non-Catholic who has Catholic friends in Ward 3, we need your help.

Ida Li Preti, who is the elected Trustee in that ward, has revealed herself to be opposed to Catholic moral teaching on human sexuality by voting not to receive a delegate presentation in which the Catechism of the Catholic Church was quoted!

Normally, delegate presentations receive a rubber stamp vote of "official receipt" by trustees, just to acknowledge the delegate's time and effort, but Li Preti seemingly chose to show her contempt for the Catholic Church's official teaching on homosexuality, by voting against official receipt.

Trustee Li Preti's apparent rejection of the Catechism's teaching in paragraph 2357 occurred during a Board meeting on November 11, 2020. Her egregious display of contempt for official Church teaching on homosexuality was in lock-step with an attack against the Catechism, earlier in the meeting, perpetrated by three of her colleagues. 

First, Trustee Norm Di Pasquale shouted down the delegate who was reciting from the Catechism, calling the official church teaching "dangerous".

Then, Trustee Joseph Martino jumped in, claiming that section 2357 of the Catechism was "not proper". Finally, Trustee Maria Rizzo asserted that recitation of the official Church teaching was "not appropriate"!

Watch the shocking exchange from these three trustees on video from the November 11, 2020 board meeting by clicking HERE, or on the image below.  Li Preti's vote against receiving the presentation is not shown in that clip, but followed shortly after.

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Can you believe this open rebellion against the Church by CATHOLIC school trustees?

This Trustee has undeniably violated her religious Oath of Office, as sworn to Toronto's Archbishop.

The Oath of Office sworn by Li Preti states that she would "be faithful to the teachings of the Church". She has been the opposite. 

Ida Li Preti is clearly unfit to serve as a Catholic Trustee.

Only one solution to this problem exists

If His Eminence, Toronto Archbishop Thomas Cardinal Collins, is reluctant to demand the resignation of this renegade Trustee, then faithful Catholics must vote Ida Li Preti out at the next municipal election, which will be held in October 2022.

That's why we're sharing this video with you, to begin the work - now of ensuring Li Preti's electoral defeat.

Please spread this email far and wide to every Catholic parent, grandparent, uncle, aunt, etc. whom you know in Ward 3, and urge them to remember it when the 2022 school board election rolls around.

If you happen to be Catholic yourself, share the video with your pastor and parish community.

Ask yourself this question: Does Ida Li Preti have any business whatsoever serving as a Catholic School Trustee, whose job, in part, is to ensure the faithful transmission of the moral teachings of the Church to Catholic students?

Please share this email broadly. And remember that if Cardinal Collins doesn't force her to step down, then we must remove Ida Li Preti in the October 2022 election.

If you're willing to help us with this unseating effort, perhaps by distributing literature in Ward 3, please email us HERE.

 

Sincerely,

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Jeff Gunnarson
National President

campaignlifecoalition.com

 

P.S.  Please be sure to pray for Li Preti's conversion, for the good of her own soul.

P.P.S. To view the boundaries of Li Preti's Ward 3 on a map, click here.