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Crucifix To Be Back On View At Quebec City Hospital Following Removal

The Canadian Press, 01 Mar, 2017 12:17 PM
    QUEBEC — A crucifix is set to return to a Quebec City hospital after being removed following a complaint.
     
    The Hopital du Saint-Sacrement says it will restore the religious sign after a request from the provincial Health Department.
     
    The crucifix is expected to be put back up later today when the hospital is not as busy.
     
    Meanwhile, a Quebec City man was arrested Tuesday night in connection for allegedly uttering threats against the hospital for removing the crucifix.
     
    The hospital's about-turn comes a day after the Archbishop of Quebec expressed disappointment at the institution's decision to withdraw the crucifix from its premises after it received a complaint from a user.
     
    In a letter to the archbishop, Cardinal Gerald Cyprien Lacroix, the hospital said it had no choice if it wanted to respect the "religious neutrality of the state."
     
    Lacroix issued a statement Tuesday to voice his disapproval with the decision and said it constituted a lack of respect toward the history of the hospital, which was founded in 1927 by the Sisters of Charity of Quebec.

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