JOHN SMEATON, DIRECTOR OF SPUC: Michael Coren, Fr John Zuhlsdorf and myself at the Legatus Summit, Orlando, Florida

Saturday, 8 February 2014

Michael Coren, Fr John Zuhlsdorf and myself at the Legatus Summit, Orlando, Florida

Yesterday I was delighted to meet Michael Coren and Fr John Zuhlsdorf at the 2014 Legatus Summit being held in Orlando, Florida:

Michael is a high-profile Catholic writer, public speaker, radio host and television talk show host, based in Canada and originally from Essex.

Fr John is one of the world's leading Catholic bloggers and well-known to faithful pro-life/pro-family Catholics in the UK and worldwide.

Our number one topic of conversation was the absurd report by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child berating the Catholic Church for not promoting abortion, contraception, etc.

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About Me

I became involved in SPUC after graduating, when I established a branch in south London in 1974. I have worked full-time for SPUC for 42 years. I became chief executive of SPUC in the UK in 1996, having been general secretary since 1978. I was elected vice-president of International Right to Life Federation in 2005. At UN conferences in Cairo, Copenhagen, Beijing, Istanbul and Rome, I helped coordinate more than 150 pro-life/pro-family groups resulting in pro-life victories in Cairo, Istanbul and Rome. I was educated at Salesian College, London, before going to Oxford where I graduated in English Language and Literature. I qualified as a teacher, becoming head of English at a secondary school. I am married to Josephine. We have a grown-up family and we live in north London.