Parents to sue over “informal” teaching of religion [educationmatters.ie]
- Published: 20 September 2011
Ken Kiernan and partner Alma Carey-Zuniga are going to sue the school attended by their son because it did not “honour its commitment” to exclude him from Catholic teaching.
The chairman of the school board, Fr James Hamill, says the couple are being “unreasonable”.
The boy was enrolled in junior infants in Annacurra national school in Aughrim, Co Wicklow, in September 2008. He was exempted from formal religious instruction, which was held from 12pm to 12.25pm daily.
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