Peter Kearney
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first heard Mar 2026
last heard 27 Mar
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I think the Catholic Church was clear across the board.
Its position on abortion is clear.
It's unequivocal.
I think it's widely known and I think it's well known.
But as I said to begin with, the Catholic Church is not in the position of the established Church of England in the sense that the Catholic bishops don't have votes here.
They don't sit in the House of Lords.
So in that regard, what the Catholic Church said, what Catholic bishops and priests said, really was on a par with what ordinary members of the public said.
And do also keep in mind, as I mentioned to begin with, that the membership of the House of Lords
are not elected, so they're freed completely from the problems that politicians around the world generally have to face, and that is answering to their voters.
They don't have voters.
So that then brings us to the position of the established church, the Church of England, and there are, as I say, members
of the Anglican bishops who also sit in the House of Lords and have a vote.
You talked about the Archbishop of Canterbury.
You used the word perfunctory.
That probably is fair.
Other people have used that word.
In fact, there was some controversy on the day of the vote because it appeared to begin with as if the Archbishop, the new Archbishop of Canterbury,
did not intend to attend the House of Lords and did not intend to participate in the vote.
And it was only because of a bit of a media outcry at her absence that she belatedly decided she would attend and she would participate.
Though I think it would be fair to say, while she did point out that, and she voted against, I should say she voted against, but I think a lot of people
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