What Is Msgr. Urell Hiding?
By Mark Bonokoski Toronto Sun September 25, 2007 http://torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2007/09/25/4523949-sun.html Sunday morning at the Southdown Institute, a treatment centre for embattled clergy situated on 40 hectares of rolling farmland in rural Aurora. Inside the lobby, close by the reception desk, the doors to the chapel are wide open. Morning Mass is almost over. A dozen or more men, mostly middle-aged, and many in clerical robes, are still in their pews, reciting the responses to closing prayers aloud. “Monsignor John Urell?” the receptionist is asked. “He is probably attending Mass,” she says, nodding towards the chapel. Then she looks down at her registry book and scans the names. “Oh, he’s new here,” she says, abruptly. “You must see someone first before there is any possibility of you seeing him.” I am led to a small but well-kitted nurse’s office where I am informed that “Monsignor Urell is not taking any visitors.” The nurse in attendance says her name is Sally, and o
