Mar 7, 2005 / 22:00 pm
The Catholic bishops of England and Wales issued a statement yesterday stating that Catholics can support the charity Comic Relief, secure in the fact that the charity does not support pro-abortion organizations.
But the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) says its research proves otherwise.
"While Comic Relief claims that its funds are not used to support abortions, and they have even offered to hand over their books to the Catholic bishops in support of their claim, the fact is that Comic Relief allocated an enormous grant of over a quarter of million pounds to the strongly pro-abortion organization Reproductive Health Alliance Europe in the year 2001-2002,” said SPUC's national director John Smeaton in a press release yesterday.
The bishops’ statement followed reports that three Catholic schools in the Diocese of Menevia in south Wales would not be supporting the Red Nose Day fundraiser March 11 because of the alleged abortion link.