Sir, - I find it rich that on the same day that I read in The Irish Times (November 20th) of a Catholic priest being sentenced to seven years for molesting children, the organisation to which he belongs - the Catholic Church and its affiliate SPUC, etc. - should be urging a pregnant 13year-old rape victim and her family, living in squalid conditions, to carry the resulting pregnancy to its term. What line would they take if the rapist turned out to be a priest? - Yours, etc.,
Trinity College, Dublin 2.