Social Democrats member dropped as Mass reader over abortion stance

A Social Democrat candidate in the last general election is seeking a meeting with the Bishop of Cloyne after he was dropped from reading at Mass because of his support for repealing abortion laws and his political affiliations.

Ken Curtin, from Cobh, Co Cork, said he learned of his omission from the lector rota at a Mass service in St Colman’s Cathedral last Sunday.

He told The Irish Catholic that once he did not see his name on the rota he was advised to speak to the Cathedral administrator, Fr John McCarthy.