Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story said Caitlin Urquhart was the chair of the Newfoundland and Labrador branch of the Canadian Bar Association. We have since learned that is incorrect. Urquhart was a former volunteer of the woman’s branch of the organization. The Standard apologizes the error..Lawyer in Newfoundland is the latest legal professional to support Catholic churches to be burned to the ground..Caitlin Urquhart was commenting on Twitter on reports of churches being destroyed in the wake of hundreds of bodies on the grounds of former residential schools in BC and Saskatchewan..Dozens of mainly Catholic churches in BC, Alberta and the Northwest Territories have been the victims of arson and vandalism..“Burn it all down,” she tweeted last month..In a later tweet, Urquhart wrote: “The Catholic Church in Newfoundland and Labrador has a lot to answer to. Many stories of the horrors of their schools and orphanages. Will they acknowledge the blood on their hands?”.Her statement drew swift condemnation on social media..“I feel sorry for you people who can’t control yourselves. God, I get tired of listening to you. Destroy Canada; that is all most of you care about. If you feel such rage against Canada lots of other countries would be happy to have you (maybe),” said Donna Simpkin on Twitter..“Please stop encouraging crime, division and hatred,” said @Bergerstroni·.Urquhart is not the first lawyer to call for the mass destruction of churches..An indigenous Alberta lawyer said she would help burn down Catholic churches across the country..And Naomi Sayers said she would be glad to defend anyone charged with arson after setting fire to a church..Her comments prompted at least one complaint to the provincial law society..And the executive director of the BC Civil Liberties Association called for more Christian churches to be burned to the ground..Harsha Walia made the comment in a June 30 tweet in response to news reports of two more Catholic churches being burning down..“Burn it all down,” Walia tweeted..She was publically backed by her BCCLA board of governors..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby769l
