Canada's first deaf Roman Catholic priest was ordained in 2012. . Raised a Baptist in Michigan, Matthew Hysell lost his hearing after a bout with meningitis as a toddler. He decided to become a priest as a teenager after reading about the priesthood in school. He graduated from City University in New York, then earned a master's in theology from the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, and an M.Th. at Newman Theological College. He entered St Joseph Semina

CBC Ottawa reached out to two teenagers at a school in Ottawa to understand their experience. image from CBC Ottawa video Alicia Mbesha...