‘Pops’: Montreal man who founded organization to help the homeless dies
Jan 14, 2018 | 12:30 PM
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MONTREAL — A Montreal man known affectionately as “Pops” and who founded an organization that helps the homeless has died at the age of 89.
The group, called “Dans La Rue,” says Emmett Johns died overnight Saturday night.
Johns, who was born in Montreal in April 1928, wanted to be a missionary in his youth.
He was a priest for several years and served as chaplain at the Douglas Hospital, a psychiatric institution.
