Supreme Court not infallible says bishop, as Church responds to X Case controversy

Bishop of Kilmore Leo O'Reilly said today that he believes the decision of the Supreme Court in the X Case was wrong.

The Catholic Bishops have rejected three of the options put forward by the expert group on abortion, saying that only guidelines are needed to clarify the law.

Anything else, they claim, would lead to the direct and intentional killing of an unborn child.

Bishop O'Reilly said that he believes the judges on the Supreme Court were wrong.

"I respect the Supreme Court but I don't believe they're infallible," he said.

"I think that this particular decision was taken without any expert medical advice.

"Medical research and practice in the meantime would not support the conclusion that they came to, namely that abortion is a remedy or a cure for somebody who has threatened suicide."