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Secular Sunday #581 – Secular schools and Jean Vanier

Secular Sunday #581 – Secular schools and Jean Vanier

Author Secular Sunday Published 12/02/2023

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Irish schoolbook Alive-O promoted Catholic theologian Jean Vanier who sexually abused women

The Oireachtas, not the Government, must regulate the Constitutional right to not attend religious instruction

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