Primate commends statement by bishop of Toronto
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- Date
- 2002 July 15
- Source
- Anglican News Service
- Type
- Press release
- Text of motion
- MEDIA RELEASE, Office of the Primate, Anglican Church of Canada
- TORONTO, July 15, 2002
- Archbishop Michael Peers, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, commended today's statement by Archbishop Terence Finlay of the Diocese of Toronto concerning last night's brutal murder of David Rosenzweig.
- "Archbishop Finlay's response to this event in Toronto reminds every person of faith and conscience that acts of hate have no legitimate place in our common life. The death of Mr. Rosenzweig is a personal tragedy for him and for his family and friends, and a national reminder of our need to see in one another the image of God, not the image of hate or fear that we so often and so tragically project onto one another."
- Archbishop Peers expressed gratitude for the timeliness and clarity of Archbishop Finlay's response.
- Link: Bishop of Toronto responds to murder [See text of Archbishop Finlay's response in Notes]
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- Contact: Rev. Dr. Michael Thompson, Principal Secretary to the Primate, 416-924-9199 ext. 277 mthompson@national.anglican.ca
- OR
- Rev. Canon Eric Beresford, Consultant, Ethics and Interfaith Relations, Anglican Church of Canada, 416-924-9199 ext. 209 eberesford@national.anglican.ca
- July 15, 2002
- Notes
- Bishop of Toronto responds to murder
- Toronto, Jul. 15, 2002 -- MEDIA RELEASE FROM THE DIOCESE OF TORONTO
- The Most Reverend Terence Finlay, Anglican Archbishop of Toronto, expressed his shock and horror at the tragic murder last night of David Rosenzweig. The unprovoked attack on the distinctively dressed Hassidic [i.e. Hasidic] Jew, who was helping his son whose car broke down, has been labeled as a hate crime.
- Archbishop Finlay said, "I extend my prayers and heartfelt sympathy to the Rosenzweig family on the loss of their husband and father. The death of any person brings much sadness and pain. But even more so when it has resulted from such a senseless act of violence. Hatred has absolutely no place in our understanding of God's purposes for our world."
- "I share with my Jewish brothers and sisters common ancestry from the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. As a Christian, I am commanded to love my neighbour as myself, teaching that derives from the Torah. I believe that all acts prompted by hate, whether defacing of property, bullying or taunting individuals or groups or, ultimately, the murder of a human being, are completely contrary to the teaching of Jesus Christ. Each of us has part to play to put a stop to such evil".
- The Anglican Diocese of Toronto has been a founding partner in Christian-Jewish Dialogue in Toronto and an active participant in building ecumenical and interfaith relationships with other faith communities.
- For further information, contact:
- Archdeacon Colin R. Johnson, Executive Assistant to the Archbishop of Toronto, 135 Adelaide Street East, Toronto, ON M5C 1L8 (416) 363-6021 ext. 214 (416) 363-3683 (FAX) cjohnson@toronto.anglican.ca
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- Subjects
- Rosenzweig, David
- Antisemitism - Canada
- Antisemitism - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Hate crimes - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Violence - Canada
- Violence - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Christianity and other religions - Judaism - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of Toronto