JOHN SMEATON, DIRECTOR OF SPUC: Irish Government to celebrate New Year Marian feast by introducing legalized abortions

Friday, 20 December 2013

Irish Government to celebrate New Year Marian feast by introducing legalized abortions

The Irish Government is celebrating the feast day of the Mother of God by introducing the legalized killing of unborn children on 1st January 2014

I ask Catholics everywhere to join me in prayer that day to Our Lady, who became the Mother of God nine months before Christ was born, for the mothers, fathers, and children of Ireland on that day.

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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.