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Bishop John Stephen Knight 1967: Ordained priest Diocese of St. Catharine`s Ontario 1992: consecrated bishop – installed as auxiliary Bishop to Archbishop Aloysius Ambrozic, Archdiocese of Toronto, Ontario 10 March 2000: Bishop faces charge of sexual misconduct 23 March 2000: Bishop facing sex allegations |
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The first post below was posted on a gay clergy” website on the day Canada’s National Post ran the news that there were “sexual improprieties” of some nature filed against Bishop John Knight. Bishop Knight “retired” as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Toronto the following year. He was 58.
(Click her for two other articles I received after putting up this posting)
The other attached articles contain further information about Knight. It seems that since his very early retirement he is or was recently serving as a consultant to the CCCB (Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops)
“Dignitarians” is reference to members of Dignity, the organization of homosexuals who profess to be both practising Roman Catholics and practising homosexuals who actively strive to overturn Church teaching on homosexuality. There was very limited media coverage on the allegations against Knight. The attachment of the National Post article in the email to “Dignitarians” may be about it.
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From: eagle1 <eagle1@c…>
Date: Fri Mar 10, 2000 0:17am
Subject: Re: Bishop’s Impropriety
Dignitarians:In the National Post of Thurs. Mar 9/00, Toronto Bishop John Knight
was placed on administrative leave for sexual improprieties. Not many
details were released in the press statement today, which can be found
at http://www.nationalpost.com/ and do a search for bishop knight.
Alan
Toronto
See attachement
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1. [VIEW] Church probes allegation of
bishop’s sexual misconduct
Church probes allegation of
bishop’s sexual misconduct
Innocence declared Shannon Black [ ]
National Post An auxiliary bishop
of the Toronto Archdiocese has
been placed on leave following an
allegation of sexual misconduct.
Bishop John Knight, 58, is
responsible for between 60 and 70
churches
news-national-toronto
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[From the Archdiocese of Toronto website]
John Knight was born on April 10, 1942 in Binghamton, New York, and raised in Niagara Falls, Ontario. He attended St. Patrick’s Separate School, Niagara Falls, Mount Carmel Secondary School, Niagara Falls and Notre Dame College School, Welland before entering St. Augustine’s Seminary. He was ordained for the Diocese of St. Catharines on June 2, 1967 by Bishop Thomas J. McCarthy of St. Catharines.
From 1967 to 1979 Father Knight assisted at St. Julia’s Parish, St. Catharines, St. Alfred’s Parish, St. Catharines, St. Mary’s Parish, Welland, and St. Denis’ Parish, St. Catharines. In 1979 he was appointed Pastor of St. Alexander’s Parish, Fonthill where he served until 1984. Along with his duties as a parish priest, Father Knight also held many other positions. In the 1970s he was a member of the Diocesan Liturgical Commission, Chaplain of the Niagara Regional Police Force from 1978 to 1984, part-time Director of Religious Education from 1979 to 1981, a member of the Council of Priests from 1979 to 1984, Dean of Welland from 1982 to 1984 and a Diocesan Consultor from 1983 to 1984. He was the Ontario representative on the National Council of Liturgy from 1971 to 1976 and also served as a member of the Board of Governors of Notre Dame College School, Welland from 1980 to 1984, having taught religion there in a part-time capacity from 1975 to 1977. On July 1, 1984, Father Knight was appointed President of the Catholic Church Extension Society of Canada. In May of 1987 he was named a Chaplain to Pope Paul II and given the title of Monsignor. Monsignor Knight resigned as President of Extension in October of 1987 and was appointed a member of the Secretariat of the Pontifical Council COR UNUM in November of the same year. He moved to Rome and was responsible particularly for the English-language business of the Council. Monsignor Knight served on the Council until 1990 when he returned to St. Catharines and was appointed Pastor of Holy Rosary Parish, Thorold.
On April 27, 1992 Monsignor Knight was elected titular Bishop of Taraqua and Auxiliary to Archbishop Aloysius M. Ambrozic of Toronto. He was consecrated in St. Michael’s Cathedral on June 24, 1992 by Archbishop Ambrozic who was assisted by Archbishop Leonard J. Wall of Winnipeg and Bishop Thomas B. Fulton of St. Catharines. Upon his consecration Bishop Knight became Vicar of the eastern region of the diocese which includes Scarborough and Durham regions, and assumed responsibility for educational matters.
Bishop Knight retired as Auxiliary Bishop in 2001.
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[From Catholic-Hhierarchy website]
Events
| Date | Age | Event | Title |
| 10 Apr 1942 | 68.05 | Born | Binghamton, NY, USA |
| 2 Jun 1967 | 25.1 | Ordained Priest | Priest of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada |
| 27 Apr 1992 | 50.0 | Appointed | Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 27 Apr 1992 | 50.0 | Appointed | Titular Bishop of Taraqua |
| 24 Jun 1992 | 50.2 | Ordained Bishop | Titular Bishop of Taraqua |
| 9 Apr 2000 | 58.0 | Resigned | Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
- Principal Consecrator:
- Principal Co-Consecrators:
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[From the Linked In website]
The following was on the Linked In website http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/John/Knight/ca-0-Canada/ 30 April 2010]
Title
consultant at Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
Demographic info
Religious Institutions | Ottawa, Canada Area
Current:
consultant at Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops