Raymond Gravel

Raymond Gravel

Infobox CanadianMP
honorific-prefix =
name = Raymond Gravel
honorific-suffix =
MP


riding = Repentigny
parliament = Canadian
term_start = 2006 federal election
term_end =
predecessor = Benoît Sauvageau
successor =
birth_date = birth date and age|1952|11|04
birth_place = Saint-Damien-de-Brandon, Quebec
death_date =
death_place =
party = Bloc Québécois
spouse = single
residence = Repentigny, Quebec
profession = Priest
religion = Roman Catholic
footnotes =

Fr. Raymond Gravel (born 1953 in Saint-Damien-de-Brandon, Quebec) is a priest and politician from the Canadian province of Quebec, who is currently the Member of Parliament for the riding of Repentigny, as a member of the Bloc Québécois. He was elected to the House of Commons in a November 27, 2006 by-election following the death of Benoît Sauvageau.

Gravel had an eventful youth during which he worked in bars in Montreal's Gay Village; he has been open about the fact that he was a sex-trade worker during that time. He entered the seminary in 1982 and became a priest. Gravel is controversial among the Catholic clergy and laity for his support of abortion and same-sex marriage — two issues officially opposed by the Church. He is currently the priest at St-Joachim de la Plaine Church in La Plaine, Quebec.

He was acclaimed as the Bloc's candidate on October 29, 2006. He received a dispensation from Gilles Lussier, bishop of Joliette, to enter politics. Elected with a large majority in the Bloc stronghold, he became the Bloc critic for seniors' issues.

However, following his opposition to Bill C-484, which would have recognized injury of a fetus during a crime as a separate offence from an injury to the mother, and his support for Dr. Henry Morgentaler receiving the Order of Canada, Gravel was ordered by the Vatican to either give up the priesthood or leave politics, and he finally announced he would not run in the 40th Canadian federal election, saying that the priesthood was his life. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2008/09/03/mtl-raymondgravel0903.html#articlecomments Priest MP leaves politics after pressure from Vatican] , "CBC News", September 3, 2008] He cited as his biggest regret his inability to pass his private member's bill C-490, which aimed to improve seniors' access to guaranteed income supplements.

ources

* [http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=105231be-1e94-4d1e-860f-204a44de0e03&k=93817 Montreal Gazette: "Controversial priest wants Bloc Repentigny nomination"]
* [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20061028.BLOC28/TPStory/TPNational/Politics/ Globe and Mail: "Prostitute-turned-priest to run for BQ in by-election"]
* [http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080903/CPACTUALITES/80902405/6488/CPACTUALITES La Presse: "Le député Gravel ne sera pas candidat"]

External links

* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=066e57c2-4f0d-4e3f-a6bc-eb57268f68df&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience Parliament Webpage]


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