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	{{~~Distinguish2~~\|the Raymond Gravel (born 1929) who was a ] MNA for ] from 1976 to 1985}}		{{short description\|Canadian Québécois Roman Catholic priest and politician}}
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⚫	'''Raymond Gravel''' (~~born~~ 1952 in ]) is a ] ] from the ] province of ], ~~who~~ was formerly the ] for the riding of ], as a member of the ]. He was elected to the House of Commons in a November 27, 2006 by-election following the death of ].

		⚫	'''Raymond Gravel''' (November 4, 1952 – August 11, 2014) was a ] ] ] and politician from the province of ]. Gravel was formerly the ] for the riding of ], as a member of the ]. He was elected to the House of Commons in a November 27, 2006 by-election following the death of ].
⚫	He was acclaimed as the Bloc's candidate on October 29, 2006. He received a dispensation from ], ~~bishop~~ of Joliette, to enter politics. Elected with a large majority in the Bloc stronghold, he became the Bloc critic for seniors' issues.

			As a young man Gravel worked in bars in Montreal's ]; he was open about the fact that he was a sex-trade worker during that time.<ref>{{cite web\| url=http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=105231be-1e94-4d1e-860f-204a44de0e03&k=93817 \|publisher=Montreal Gazette \|title=Controversial priest wants Bloc Repentigny nomination \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311075919/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=105231be-1e94-4d1e-860f-204a44de0e03&k=93817 \|archive-date=2007-03-11 }}. '']'', October 25, 2006.</ref> Although Gravel never came out publicly as homosexual during his lifetime, he acknowledged his homosexuality to his biographer, Claude Gravel, prior to his death.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Lafontaine \|first1=Yves \|title=Redécouvrir Raymond Gravel \|url=https://www.fugues.com/243228-article-redecouvrir-raymond-gravel.html \|website=Fugues \|accessdate=August 27, 2019 \|archive-date=December 26, 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226203511/http://www.fugues.com/243228-article-redecouvrir-raymond-gravel.html \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|last1=Gravel \|first1=Claude \|title=Raymond Gravel : Entre le doute et l'espoir \|date=2015 \|publisher=Libre Expression \|location=Montreal \|isbn=9782764810354 \|page=48}}</ref>
⚫	He was removed from a position as a catechist in the Quebec ] during 2010. Gravel then launched a ~~law suit~~ against the LifeSiteNews (LSN) agency, a project of the ], for $500,000 in damages.<ref></ref> In his motion, Gravel ~~suggests~~ that articles on the LSN website caused him to lose this responsibility. Gravel stated that LSN misrepresented him by identifying him as 'pro-abortion' while he ~~identifies~~ himself as 'pro-choice'.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Two solitudes; Lawsuit pits rebel Quebec priest against hardline pro-life news service\|author=Hamilton, Graeme\|work=National Post \|date=05 Mar 2011\|page=6}}</ref>

			He entered the seminary in 1982 and became a priest. Gravel was controversial among the Catholic clergy and laity for his support of ] rights, ] and ], three issues officially opposed by the Church. He was most recently a priest at St-Joachim de la Plaine Church in ].

		⚫	He was acclaimed as the Bloc's candidate on October 29, 2006. He received a dispensation from ], ], 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. ] receiving the ], 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 ], saying that the priesthood was his life.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Priest MP leaves politics after pressure from Vatican \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/priest-mp-leaves-politics-after-pressure-from-vatican-1.730234 \|website=CBC News \|access-date=27 August 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923084754/http://www.cbc.ca:80/canada/montreal/story/2008/09/03/mtl-raymondgravel0903.html \|archive-date=23 September 2008 \|url-status=live \|date=3 September 2008}}</ref> He cited as his biggest regret his inability to pass his ] C-490, which aimed to improve seniors' access to guaranteed income supplements.<ref>. '']'', September 3, 2008.</ref>

		⚫	He was removed from a position as a catechist in the Quebec ] during 2010. Gravel then launched a lawsuit against the LifeSiteNews (LSN) agency, a project of the ], for $500,000 in damages.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Gyapong \|first1=Deborah \|title=First round goes to Gravel in LifeSite lawsuit \|url=https://www.catholicregister.org/item/15777-first-round-goes-to-gravel-in-lifesite-lawsuit \|accessdate=August 27, 2019 \|publisher=The Catholic Register \|date=January 30, 2013}}</ref> In his motion, Gravel suggested that articles on the LSN website caused him to lose this responsibility. Gravel stated that LSN misrepresented him by identifying him as 'pro-abortion' while he identified himself as 'pro-choice'.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Two solitudes; Lawsuit pits rebel Quebec priest against hardline pro-life news service\|author=Hamilton, Graeme\|work=National Post \|date=5 Mar 2011\|page=6}}</ref> In an interview with ], he stated: "I am pro-choice and there is not a bishop on Earth that will prevent me from receiving communion, not even the Pope." However, he later stated, "I am against abortion, but I am not in favour of the ] campaign that condemns all women who get an abortion."<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Langan \|first= Fred \|authorlink= \|title=Activist priest Raymond Gravel preached gospel of tolerance \|work=]\|date=August 11, 2014 \|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/activist-priest-raymond-gravel-preached-gospel-of-tolerance/article19997653/ \|accessdate=}}</ref>

			In 2014, he died of lung cancer. He was 61.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/father-raymond-gravel-outspoken-social-activist-dies-1.2733315 \|title=Father Raymond Gravel, outspoken social activist, dies \|publisher=CBC News \|date=August 11, 2014 \|accessdate=September 18, 2014 }}</ref>

	==Electoral record==		==Electoral record==
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Latest revision as of 21:12, 2 December 2024

Canadian Québécois Roman Catholic priest and politician Not to be confused with the Raymond Gravel (born 1929) who was a Parti Québécois MNA for Limoilou from 1976 to 1985.

Raymond Gravel


Member of Parliament for Repentigny
In office November 27, 2006 – October 14, 2008
Preceded by	Benoît Sauvageau
Succeeded by	Nicolas Dufour

Personal details
Born	(1952-11-04)November 4, 1952 Saint-Damien-de-Brandon, Quebec
Died	August 11, 2014(2014-08-11) (aged 61) Lanaudière, Quebec
Political party	Bloc Québécois
Residence	Repentigny, Quebec
Profession	Priest


Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Ordained	1982
Congregations served	St-Joachim de la Plaine Church, La Plaine, Quebec

Raymond Gravel (November 4, 1952 – August 11, 2014) was a Canadian Catholic priest and politician from the province of Quebec. Gravel was formerly 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.

As a young man Gravel worked in bars in Montreal's Gay Village; he was open about the fact that he was a sex-trade worker during that time. Although Gravel never came out publicly as homosexual during his lifetime, he acknowledged his homosexuality to his biographer, Claude Gravel, prior to his death.

He entered the seminary in 1982 and became a priest. Gravel was controversial among the Catholic clergy and laity for his support of abortion rights, euthanasia and same-sex marriage, three issues officially opposed by the Church. He was most recently a 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 2008 election, saying that the priesthood was his life. 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.

He was removed from a position as a catechist in the Quebec Diocese of Joliette during 2010. Gravel then launched a lawsuit against the LifeSiteNews (LSN) agency, a project of the Campaign Life Coalition, for $500,000 in damages. In his motion, Gravel suggested that articles on the LSN website caused him to lose this responsibility. Gravel stated that LSN misrepresented him by identifying him as 'pro-abortion' while he identified himself as 'pro-choice'. In an interview with Radio-Canada, he stated: "I am pro-choice and there is not a bishop on Earth that will prevent me from receiving communion, not even the Pope." However, he later stated, "I am against abortion, but I am not in favour of the pro-life campaign that condemns all women who get an abortion."

In 2014, he died of lung cancer. He was 61.

Electoral record

v t e Canadian federal by-election, November 27, 2006: Repentigny
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Raymond Gravel	20,635	66.26	$84,032
	Conservative	Stéphane Bourgon	5,822	18.69	$46,980
	New Democratic	Réjean Bellemare	2,187	7.02	$34,699
	Liberal	Christian Turenne	1,940	6.23	$15,043
	Independent	Jocelyne Leduc	390	1.25	$45
	Canadian Action	Mahmood Raza Baig	91	0.29	$5,641
	Independent	Régent Millette	78	0.25	none listed
Total valid votes			31,143	100.00
Total rejected ballots			493
Turnout			31,636	37.06
Electors on the lists			85,366

Sources

"Controversial priest wants Bloc Repentigny nomination". Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on 2007-03-11.. The Gazette, October 25, 2006.
Lafontaine, Yves. "Redécouvrir Raymond Gravel". Fugues. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
Gravel, Claude (2015). Raymond Gravel : Entre le doute et l'espoir. Montreal: Libre Expression. p. 48. ISBN 9782764810354.
"Priest MP leaves politics after pressure from Vatican". CBC News. 3 September 2008. Archived from the original on 23 September 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
"Le député Gravel ne sera pas candidat". La Presse, September 3, 2008.
Gyapong, Deborah (January 30, 2013). "First round goes to Gravel in LifeSite lawsuit". The Catholic Register. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
Hamilton, Graeme (5 Mar 2011). "Two solitudes; Lawsuit pits rebel Quebec priest against hardline pro-life news service". National Post. p. 6.
Langan, Fred (August 11, 2014). "Activist priest Raymond Gravel preached gospel of tolerance". The Guardian.
"Father Raymond Gravel, outspoken social activist, dies". CBC News. August 11, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2014.

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Raymond Gravel – Parliament of Canada biography

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