College too Catholic

Linda Piper in the News Shopper of Petts Wood, England, on student complaints at St. Luke's College. (Called a Catholic "sixth form college" it appears to be roughly equivalent to a U.S. senior high school.)

The 16 to 18-year-olds claim they are forced to attend "evangelical talks" expressing puritanical views on subjects such as chastity and homosexuality.

... The most recent mandatory talk by pro-life campaigner Barbara McGuigan, founder of pressure group Voice of Virtue International, prompted more than 100 of the 383 students at the college to sign a protest petition to Mrs Williams [headteacher Maria Williams].

... One student told News Shopper: "We were dictated right-wing views typically associated with extreme religious groups."

... Another student said: "Although we accepted by going to a Catholic college we would be signing up to the Catholic ethos, we had no idea we were also joining an institution which embraced many values present within many fanatical religous cults.

(via Catholic and Enjoying It!)