There is no such thing as a good divorce when children are involved, according to a new US study. The research, an analysis of almost 1,000 families, found that children suffer when their parents’ marriage ends – no matter how amicable the split, the Daily Mail reports. It backs up the finding of a UK...
An attempt to prosecute Bishop Philip Boyce of Raphoe (pictured) for incitement to hatred has been condemned by a leading British secularist as an attack on free speech. Gardai confirmed last week that they have prepared and forwarded a file to the DPP after former Fine Gael candidate, John Colgan, made allegations Dr Boyce was...
A two-year-old boy in the UK is at the centre of a dispute between his mother, her female partner and the child’s sperm donor father over access and custody The case bears a striking resemblence to an Irish case, McD v L, in which a lesbian couple unsuccessfully attempted to deny a gay sperm donor...
The overwhelming majority of parents are concerned about possibility of children seeing inappropriate content on the internet, according to a new survey. The survey, conducted by the National Parents Council Primary and the National Centre for Technology in Education, found that 83 per cent of parents were concerned about inappropriate content, making it the most...
British people are more likely to say that dishonesty and other forms of wrong-doing is acceptable than ten years ago, and it risks harming civic mindedness, according to new research. Adultery, lying and underage sex have all become more acceptable, according to the findings published by Professor Paul Whiteley. Those who took part in the...
Societies where monogamy is the norm are safer than polygamous ones, according to a new Canadian study. Researchers at the University of British Columbia found that polygamous cultures have higher levels of robbery, rape, kidnapping, fraud and murder even when taking into account poverty levels. The higher levels, says the researchers, is accounted for partly...
A US student who was expelled from her social studies course in the state of Michigan for refusing to offer relationship counselling to couples who have sex outside marriage on religious grounds is to have her case heard in court. Julea Ward, who was expelled by the Eastern Michigan University in 2009, took her case...
Children in the UK are set to be given the legal right to have a proper relationship with both their parents after a divorce. Ministers are set to draft new legislation in an attempt to ensure that fathers get improved access to their children after a marriage breaks down, according to The Daily Telegraph. Presently,...
American Catholics have become “remarkably passive even in the face of relentless hostility from the media, the entertainment industry, and now from some politicians” according to a leading US bishop. In a new pastoral, Bishop Daniel Jenky (pictured) of Peoria in Illinois said that “[e]ven when our institutions are attacked and our most sacred beliefs...
A turf war between the HSE and the Gardaí is compromising the proper investigation of child sex abuse, according a new report by the Garda Inspectorate. The report, Responding to Child Sexual Abuse, said that conflict between the Gardaí and the HSE meant allegations of abuse were not being investigated quickly enough, which was compromising...
