Your second paragraph is an accurate account. I was there. What you believe is no concern of mine.

I gave the name of the senior cleric at Dad's baptism, Msgr. Francis Smith, now deceased, as others present 25 years ago.

The Church is continually making changes to keep up with the times. Dad was another and the Church was glad to have him.

Our family goes back a long way dedicated to Christianity. Dad's father worked with General Booth in early days of the Salvation Army, and later as music director for Gipsy Smith, one of the greatest evangelists of the period.

My father sang professionally as a boy soprano at Toronto's biggest Catholic church, St. Michael's Cathedral, and at Timothy Eaton United Church. His father was also prime contractor for the Martyr's Shrine, Midland, Ont.

My sister, a clergyman's wife, ran unsuccessfully for the Christian Heritage Party in Ontario in a federal election. All set examples of Christian values. None would have made the accusations here without a shred of evidence.