No ‘bizarre juxtaposition’ in Vatican document

GIVEN his stated position of “honesty and straight talk in the pursuit of ecumenism”, I find the manner in which Rev Canon Stephen Neill (Letters, July 20) denounces the Vatican’s recent document ‘Normae de Gravioribus Delictis’ rather bizarre.

Contrary to his assertion, there is no “implied equivalence” between paedophilia, women’s ordination and concelebrating the eucharist with Protestants.

Each issue is dealt with separately and distinctly, as they should be, so the only “bizarre juxtaposition” between them is being drawn by the good reverend himself.