(Before you listen, I made an error in the intro to the interview. Rielly has served as a chaplain since 2008, not 2013.)

Rielly McLaren is a chaplain at St. Leonard’s House in Windsor, Ontario. This historic halfway house was the first of its kind in Canada for men coming out of federal prison and returning to the community. In the years that Rielly has worked there, he has added to its history by starting a support group for wives and mothers of offenders.

Additionally, he has worked with a psychotherapeutic group that treats sex offenders.

Currently, he also serves as the pastor of Windsor Mennonite Fellowship.

Links:

riellymclaren@gmail.com

St. Leonard’s House, Windsor

https://www.stleonardswindsor.com/

Women’s Support Group

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-september-9-2015-1.3220458/shannon-moroney-examines-how-crime-hurts-families-of-perpetrators-1.3220460

Victims In Their Own Way

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/support-group-family-offenders-st-leonards-house-windsor-1.4744751

Windsor Mennonite Fellowship - messages from Rielly McLaren

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPL0No8-c16FIGSgnkCZ89Q