Contraception 'an attack on fertility', says leading Catholic teacher

A 'Scholars’ Statement' signed by leading Catholic academics calls for change in the Church's rules on contraception - but it has been rejected by a leading Catholic teacher here.

Contraception has been criticised as an attack on fertility by one of the country's leading Catholic teachers.

Professor emeritus of moral theology at Maynooth University Fr Vincent Twomey has hit out at Christian academics who have called for a change in the Church's rules on contraception.