From here:
The Anglican Church of Canada’s long-time partner, the Church Council on Justice and Corrections (CCJC), has criticized a federal plan that would increase prison capacity and rates of incarceration. CCJC has prepared an information packet for churches and is encouraging all Canadians to consider the implications of this plan.
“Proposed new federal laws will ensure that more Canadians are sent to prison for longer periods, a strategy that has been repeatedly proven neither to reduce crime nor to assist victims,” wrote CCJC president Laurent Champagne in a recent letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
“Increasing levels of incarceration by marginalized people is counter-productive and undermines human dignity in our society,” he wrote. He encouraged the government to consider other methods of dealing with offenders, including well-supervised probation or release, bail options, reporting centres, and supportive housing programs.
There are two ways to reduce crime: the first and best option is to bring the criminal into a saving relationship with Jesus Christ; the second is summary execution.
The Anglican Church of Canada is in favour of neither.
So once again we have the ACoC associated with a “Christian” organization that is more concerned with things in this world rather than spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Perhaps someone should send a letter to the ACoC and the CCJC that the best thing we can do to reduce, and for some people elimate, jail time is to offer them the saving massage of God.
I wish the ACoC would speak out on real justice issues, like justice for the unborn. Not ever, ever, ever, ever have I heard a sermon that unequivocally condemns abortion as intrinsically evil.
Agreed.
What do you expect when we see things like this:
“Abortion is a Blessing” See this website for details:
http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=32962
Admittedly, this is in the USA, but I would not be the least bit surprised if Canada had something very similar.