A new sex education programme for Catholic primary schools which describes sex and puberty as a “gift from God” has been released. Flourish, a relationships and sexuality education (RSE) programme, has been developed by the Irish Bishops’ Conference for junior infants to sixth class. Mick Barry, a Solidarity TD, said he would question how the programme qualified as appropriate sex education. Mr Barry said his party’s draft legislation on “objective sex education” would guarantee factual relationships and sexuality education across all schools, if enacted. It says the Catholic school must consider these topics within “a moral framework that reflects the teachings of the Church”.

Source: The Irish Times April 26, 2021 00:35 UTC