Bishop called to Parliament

The Bishop of Lancaster has been summoned to appear before a Parliamentary
committee to defend his publication of a document that defends the
teaching of Catholic doctrine in Catholic schools. The Chair of the
Committee, Barry Sheerman MP has said,

"A group of bishops appear to be taking a much firmer line and I
think it would be useful to call representatives of the Catholic
church in front of the committee to find out what is going on. It
seems to me that faith education works all right as long as people
are not that serious about their faith. But as soon as there is a
more doctrinaire attitude questions have to be asked. It does become
worrying when you get a new push from more fundamentalist bishops.
This is taxpayers' money after all."

If anyone wishes to contact Barry Sheerman to comment on this, he can
be written to at House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.