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Article: Conti claims Executive backs right of Catholic adoption agencies to ban gay couples

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January 24, 2007
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THE Scottish Executive has given assurances that adoption agencies run by the Catholic Church will not be compelled to place children with same-sex couples, the Church claimed last night.

The Catholic Church added that it would regard any backtracking on the assurance as a "betrayal".

The revelation came in a letter to Tony Blair, the Prime Minister, written by Archbishop Mario Conti, the vice-president of the Bishops' Conference.

The letter urged Mr Blair to amend the proposed sexual- orientation regulations so that Catholic adoption agencies would be exempt.

The Scottish Bishops' intervention follows a similar letter sent to the Prime Minster by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the ...

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