Cork school plans 'alternative arrangements' for sacraments after 'gender bender' controversy

Some parents at the family Mass said the speech included disparaging comments about divorce and homosexuality and LGBT+ people

Gaelscoil Uí Riada had said it had no prior knowledge of the guest speaker at the Mass, and nor had they invited him to speak. Picture Denis Minihane

The Cork school at the centre of a controversy which saw a guest speaker at a school Mass use the term “gender benders” is to put in place “alternative arrangements” for future sacramental celebrations.

The service at St Joseph’s (SMA) Church in Wilton is understood to have led to a large volume of complaints from parents who contacted the school about the comments.