Church not abandoning secondary education, says bishop [Independent.ie]
- Published: 23 November 2009
A SENIOR Catholic bishop has strongly rejected claims that the Church is getting out of secondary education.
Bishop Leo O'Reilly said such claims were completely off the mark.
The fact that religious orders were handing over their schools to lay trusts did not mean that the Church was getting out of education, he insisted.
"These trusts are Church bodies just as much as religious congregations are. The only difference is that their members are lay.
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