Posted on 04/12/2014 10:37:31 AM PDT by marshmallow
“None of the parents or faculty knew it was being taped to be aired. They were essentially held hostage and told to clap after this man’s responses to questions, even when they didn’t agree with them.”
The left are training the kids to be good little brownshirts.
You’re believing the account of one disgruntled cafeteria Catholic parent of what her daughter may or may not have told her or implied. These people hate Opus Dei because it is orthodox, so exaggeration, dissimulation or flat out lying about any event involving it are perfectly acceptable means of attack to them.
I don’t feel much sympathy for the Principal. He’s running a cafeteria catholic school, and he apologizes because the invited guest spoke the truth about Catholic teachings.
Also, note this comment from the first response to the news article, which contradicts what the reporter or the whiners said:
“So I go to Prout and was at the assembly. First off, we knew that this was a radio broadcast (IDK what this article is talking about), that was made perfectly clear to us, in fact, we were supposed to ask questions to Fr. Hoffman. Students whose questions were chosen, would get to ask them on the radio station.”
“None of the parents or faculty knew it was being taped to be aired. They were essentially held hostage and told to clap after this man’s responses to questions, even when they didn’t agree with them.”
That is explicitly illegal in the state of New Jersey and is probably also illegal in Rhode Island also.
Each child requires a permission slip signed by a legal guardian to have their likeness, voice, picture, video etc to first be recorded, and then redistributed.
Seeing as this group is a 501 nonprofit or religious organization that accepts donations on a url that will contain a direct hyperlink to this recorded speech, brings in a whole other set of legal precedents in New Jersey, and probably Rhode Island as well.
On top of that, as it was a religious topic, in New Jersey another permission slip would be required for each student to allow participation in the event, or alternatively a school wide flyer can be sent home with all kids to allow any objecting parent time to arrange for their child to skip school, or go to study hall or something during the event.
This school principal stepped into a huge pile of dogshite because of her lack of professionalism, and it didn’t have to be this way nor did the event have to be controversial during or afterwards,....
NO one wants their kids to be imprisoned in an auditorium while being lectures on Hadiths by radical Salafists, ... without giving each parent the choice if they want their child exposed to this.
Hey Catholics
Divorce is wrong
Homosexual practice is wrong
Sex outside marriage is wrong
Abortion is wrong
If you can’t support this, get out.
But, as long as they do the seven sacraments...right?
heh, I wonder if religious and.or non-religious private schools require legal guardian’s permission to record and rebroadcast child/pupil likenesses in Rhode Island.
My prior post might be solely related to public schools, hadn’t thought it through before posting.
“But, as long as they do the seven sacraments...right?”
They don’t do seven and clearly only one of the ones they have received has ever done any good.
Not sure about Rhode Island, but here in New York, my son’s Catholic high school requires EVERY parent to sign a waiver giving the school permission to use the images and likenesses of each student.
Regards,
The school needs to drop any connection to a church, they obviously don’t bother to teach any of it
Prison like a public school?
That is not remotely what happened. Are you put off by the mention of Opus Dei? It is, unfortunately, not uncommon for “Catholic” schools to be run by people with a less than solid commitment to Catholic teaching, and to serve parents who are if not hostile to those teachings, then equivocal in their acceptance. We live in uncertain time. Imagine my feeling when I run into a priest whose thinking about the Real Presence is less in line with Catholic orthodoxy than what John Calvin says in his “Institutes.”
I am still surprised to heard about incidents such as one in NewYork where a “Catholic” high school allows a “homosexual’ couple to come to the school prom. A Jebbie priest has the nerve to publish a to say this is not to condone homosexual behavior. What sophistry! The Church has been very “soft” on the whole homosexual issue. The word “orientation,” bothers me. What does it mean? I mean, is it just a matter of taste, such as my “orientation” to smart brunettes rather than dumb blondes? I fear it is simply that we have too many religious who are wrongly oriented, which makes them disinclined to speak out on sexual issues at all.
Interesting to notice we have the official approver of sacramental satisfaction right here on FR! Wow, the judge, jury, and executioner.
“Interesting to notice we have the official approver of sacramental satisfaction right here on FR! Wow, the judge, jury, and executioner.”
I’m none of those. What I am is observant.
The parents were given the choice to send their kid(s) to a Catholic school or a public school. It is tHey who chose the former. They can always transfer. Their darlings are not being held captive.
"What I am is observant."
So, you have decided their view of Catholicism is ineffective and they are lost, but you are simply "observant"? What do you make of your own?
Opus Dei is a wonderful order of priest. Very orthodox in their beliefs, very straight. I don’t think this person did anything wrong.
I also agree with the principal. One girl’s hearsay testimony is not enough.
What is it?? Guilty until proven innocent like with Sister Jane Dominic Laurel?
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