Church and State: columnist’s views challenged

YOUR columnist Rónán Mullen did us all a disservice in his column last Wednesday. Before addressing the main issue he raises - the Tilson case - I wish to correct inaccuracies.

For instance, speaking of this State, he wrote that “any laws or practices with a uniquely Catholic character were gone by the 1970s”.

What of divorce? It was banned here until November 1995 despite the fact it was allowed by every other Christian denomination and every other religion in Ireland except the Catholic Church.