{"id":192144,"date":"2018-07-16T20:21:26","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T14:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=192144"},"modified":"2018-07-17T11:25:30","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T05:55:30","slug":"john-responds-to-cardinal-story-ct-stands-by-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/john-responds-to-cardinal-story-ct-stands-by-report\/","title":{"rendered":"John Responds To &#8216;Cardinal Story&#8217;: CT Stands By Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In response to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/cardinal-berates-john-amaratunga-over-jehovahs-witnesses-colombo-convention\/\">the recent article<\/a> involving Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith and Tourism Development and Christian Affairs Minister John Amaratunga, the Minister has sent Colombo Telegraph the following clarification.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_126278\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/JohnAmaratunga.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-126278\" class=\"size-full wp-image-126278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/JohnAmaratunga.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/JohnAmaratunga.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/JohnAmaratunga-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-126278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Amaratunga<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The Hon. Minister wishes to state that no such incident took place and the entire report is a figment of the imagination of the author.\u00a0We request that this response is given the same prominence as that provided to the fictitious and malicious article.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While we understand the circumstances in which Tourism and Christian Affairs Minister was obligated to send the denial, Colombo Telegraph is in a position to confirm that a telephone conversation between Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith and Minister Amaratunga did take place on the Jehovah&#8217; witnesses convention in Colombo. After the telephone conversation, a visibly shaken Minister told his staff he could not understand why the Cardinal was behaving in an irrational manner. The telephone conversation and Cardinal Ranjith&#8217;s hollering have strained the relations between the two. 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