Religious teaching in schools
- Published: 13 November 2008
Source : Irish Times (Letters)
Madam, - As a Catholic, Bishop Leo O'Reilly is correct in his claim that the removal of religious teaching from primary schools would be "totally at variance with a Catholic philosophy of education" (The Irish Times, November 12th).
As an aggressive secularist, however, I would claim that the Catholic philosophy of education should be strictly confined to schools entirely funded by the Catholic Church.
State schools, funded by all taxpayers, should be free of any religious indoctrination. - Yours, etc,
ANTHONY SHERIDAN,
Carraig Eoin,
Cobh,
Co Cork.
