Catholic ethos exposed
If the Roman Catholic Church is so adamant that such deviant teachers should not be employed in the first place, such is the damage they might do to our children, surely we owe the youngsters protection from all such dangers.
And while teachers are being interrogated to ascertain their compatibility with Roman Catholic social teaching, should he not also ask if any are living in sin, have ever had an abortion or have ever used a contraceptive?
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Hide AdBy his own words, Bishop Devine has shown the true extent of the ethos of tolerance and diversity he wants his much-vaunted state-funded Catholic schools to promote and inculcate in our children.
Thanks goodness he will not get away with it.
ALAN HENNESS
Convener, Humanist Society of Scotland
Laurel Gait
Cambuslang, Glasgow
I really cannot fathom the fuss over Bishop Joseph Devine’s remarks about the employment of gay teachers in Catholic schools.
When an intrinsic part of the role of teacher or priest involves telling the vulnerable and the gullible that homosexuality is "intrinsically disordered", what self-respecting homosexual would want to work for the Roman Catholic Church in the first place?
JOHN HEIN
Editor, ScotsGay magazine
PO Box 666
Edinburgh