JOHN SMEATON, DIRECTOR OF SPUC: Zenit news agency reports on Catholic bishop who appears to back IVF

Monday, 6 October 2014

Zenit news agency reports on Catholic bishop who appears to back IVF

Johan Bonny, Bishop of Antwerp

Zenit news agency reports today on the work of our pro-family and pro-life coalition, Voice of the Family, and in particular our criticism of the Bishop of Antwerp and the fact that he appears, totally contrary to Catholic teaching, to endorse the use of IVF which typically involves the destruction of human embryos.

Click on the Voice of the Family link to receive updates of our work in Rome.

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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.