Top Scots Catholic calls for creation of atheist schools
PETER Kearney said Scottish education must follow in the footsteps of other countries who have diversified their schools.
08:44, 29 Dec 2015
Updated 08:45, 29 Dec 2015
By Stephen Stewart
A TOP Catholic has called for the creation of atheist schools .
Peter Kearney, the Scottish Catholic Church’s official spokesman said “secular humanist” schools are needed to satisfy society’s desire to cater for all beliefs.
In the Herald, Mr Kearney also called for an expansion of faith-based schools , claiming there was a “scream for conformity” within Scottish education.
Mr Kearney said: “Why should tax-paying parents who follow a secular humanist belief system be denied the opportunity to have their children educated in accordance with their beliefs?
“If demand exists and secular humanist schools were to be managed and regulated in accordance with national guidance and practice, as Catholic schools are, then good luck to them.”
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