March 1 Toronto About 250 Metro […]
When
1981-03-01
Description
March 1 Toronto About 250 Metro police officers attending an annual communion breakfast, held at St. Michael's Cathedral, laughed and applauded after Emmett Cardinal Carter, Archbishop of Toronto, made oblique references to homosexuals and the recent police raids on gay bathhouses. Carter later apologized for his remarks.
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Gerald Emmett Cardinal CarterAll Organizations
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"Remarks Were Inappropriate, Cardinal Says of Talk to Police," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 4 March 1981, p. 5."Gay Isn't Funny" (editorial), Toronto Sun, 9 March 1981, p. 10Diane Ellson, "Bathhouse References Get Laughs from Police," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 2 March 1981, p. 5"Cardinal's One-liner Skirts Issue," Toronto Star, four star ed., 2 March 1981, p. A3"Cardinal 'Regrets' His Joke," Toronto Star, four star ed., 4 March 1981, p. A22"As the Cardinal Said" (editorial), Globe and Mail, metro ed., 3 March 1981, p. 6
