CANCELLED – Kevin Annett in Glastonbury on 07/05/14
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PLEASE NOTE: Due to unforeseen circumstances Kevin Annett’s talk event has now been CANCELLED. We hope this hasn’t cause you any inconvenience.
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Please note: Admission is £10 per person
Born 1956, Canada
Nobel Peace Prize Nominee (2013)
Community minister, human rights consultant and Field Secretary for The International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State (ITCCS) – Award winning documentary film maker (Unrepentant, 2007) and author*
Education: B.A. (Anthropology), University of British Columbia (UBC), 1983; M.A. (Political Science), UBC, 1986; M.Div. (Master of Divinity), Vancouver School of Theology, 1990
Ordained as clergyman into United Church of Canada, 1990. Held three pastoral positions, including as Minister of St. Andrew’s United Church, Port Alberni, 1992-1995. Fired without cause and expelled from ministry without due process, 1995-97, after publicly exposing the death of aboriginal children and land theft by the United Church.
Organized the first public inquiry into crimes in Canadian Indian residential schools, co-sponsored by United Nations affiliate IHRAAM, June 12-14, 1998, Vancouver
Established first permanent body to further this inquiry, September 2000, Vancouver: The Truth Commission into Genocide in Canada; appointed Acting Secretary
Published first account of crimes of Genocide in Indian residential schools, February, 2001: “Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust” (3rd edition at www.hiddennolonger.com)
Established Friends and Relatives of the Disappeared, Vancouver and Toronto, 2005-2010; led church occupations and national conferences into missing aboriginal children
Forced Canadian government “apology” for Indian residential schools, June 2008
Co-founded the International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State (ITCCS), June 15, 2010 with six other organizations; appointed ITCCS Field Secretary
Led public protests and exorcisms at the Vatican, 2009, 2010; ITCCS endorsed by Radical Party and other politicians, Rome
Co-founded International Common Law Court of Justice, spring 2011, Brussels; served as Chief Advisor to the Prosecutor’s Office ; launched first Common Law Court case against the Vatican, the Crown of England, Canada and its churches for crimes of Genocide (2012-13)
* Publications: Love and Death in the Valley (First Books, 2001) Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust (2001, 2005, 2010 self-published editions) Hidden No Longer: Genocide in Canada, Past and Present (2010, self-published atwww.hiddennolonger.com)
Unrepentant: Disrobing the Emperor (O Books – Amazon.com, 2011)
