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Durham Catholic District School Board
Brock, Scugog and Uxbridge
Number to Elect: 1

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Acclaimed Oct 2026. In May 2021, Trustee Damainopoulos courageously voted against outlandish, anti-Catholic motions to fly the homosexual Pride flag at the Durham Catholic Education Centre and all Catholic schools in the board (see Votes tab).

In October 2020, Mr. Damianopoulos, a candidate-of-record in the ward, was appointed to replace the retiring trustee Kathy LeFort. Previously, he ran for the trustee position in the 2018 and 2014 municipal elections. He gave perfect answers to CLC's 2014 questionnaire.
incumbent
Richard Damianopoulos
CLC Rating Pro-life, pro-family
RATING COMMENTS: Acclaimed Oct 2026. In May 2021, Trustee Damainopoulos co...

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1. Will you work to ensure that your Board publicly promotes total fidelity to the faith and moral teachings of the Catholic Church? (Current examples include the illicitness of abortion, contraception and homosexual practice) Yes
2. Will you work to ensure that Catholic schools do not invite guest speakers who have publicly expressed positions that contradict the morality and teaching of the Church, no matter how great their achievements in politics, business, sports, science or the arts? Yes
3. Will you work to ensure that educational materials that enter the premises of Catholic schools (e.g., library resources, curriculum texts, awareness campaigns, flyers) and all approved school activities are consistent with and do not undermine the morality and teachings of the Church? Yes
4. Will you oppose sex-ed programs which are contrary to Church teaching? Yes
5. Given that the Gay Pride flag is a controversial political symbol which contradicts Church teaching on marriage & human sexuality, will you oppose any and all proposals to fly the Gay Pride flag at Catholic schools, at the board office, or to acknowledge and celebrate June as “Pride month”? Yes (see vote record)
6. Will you work to ensure that your Catholic school board enacts a policy requiring all agents and employees of the board to uphold the rights of custodial parents to direct and control the education of, and any medical treatment provided to, their dependent children attending its schools? Yes
7. Are there any circumstances under which you believe a woman should have access to abortion*? (*Note: a surgical or medical intervention designed to prevent the death of the mother but which results in the unintended and undesired death of the pre-born child, is not an abortion) No
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