Fr. Giacomo Capoverde Gives Opposition Testimony Of Objectionable Materials To The Westerly, RI School Committee

Fr. Giacomo Capoverde expresses gave concern to the opposition of over content of age inappropriate materials available in the school’s public libraries to the Westerly, RI school committee.

He retells his explanation to his 82 year old mother why he felt a need to speak at the public forum portion of the school committee meeting on 10-19-22. After a sensitive and somewhat embarrassing explanation, his mother exclaimed “Isn’t that pornography?”

Fr. Capoverde expresses surprise and shock regarding opposition to these questionable materials considering disconnect between the public sentiment and the school committee. The specific target of concern is sexual material regardless of homosexual or heterosexual content.

As he further explains his objection to these materials, he stresses that topics of such a sensitive nature should be reserved strictly between the student and the parents. When such materials are available to the student without restriction, a young mind might receive the message as permission to explore their own sexual inquisitiveness and gender identity in diametrical opposition to normal development.

He furthers states that pornographic materials confuses the young mind and denigrates women as they are often depicted as sexual objects of desire and not valued as human beings.