It’s remarkable how an institution so apparently indifferent to child abuse as the Catholic Church continues to concern itself with the sexual activities of consenting adults. Yet in the latest addition to the Vatican’s vast, 2000 year old anthology of morally corrupt behaviour, the Catholic Education Service has exhorted almost 400 Catholic high schools in the UK–teaching some 340000 pupils–to promote a petition against equal rights for gay people. The Education Secretary, Michael Gove, has ordered an investigation into the legality of schools presenting a one-sided political view, a clear breach of teaching guidelines.
