Archbishop of Dublin Dr Diarmuid Martin has said that some people in the Catholic Church may be homophobic.

Ireland

Archbishop of Dublin Dr Diarmuid Martin has said that some people in the Catholic Church may be homophobic.

Speaking on the RTÉ’s This Week programme today, he said the same-sex marriage debate in Ireland had got off to “a bad start”.

Defending church teaching that marriage should be between heterosexuals only, Archbishop Martin said “the church cannot impose (its teaching)” but it had a right to its’ say.

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