More from EducationĪs previously reported by i, the website Catholic Truth had urged its readers to lobby the school and the diocese to cancel the event, saying it was a “major problem” that boys are “misled into accepting, as normal and good, sexual behaviour which is condemned by Christ’s Church”. “I have accepted their resignations with regret, since they have clearly urged the governing body to accept my recommendation. The letter reveals that two of the governors resigned because they backed the diocese in wanting to cancel. “I understand that this was to consider the very strong recommendation I made to the headteacher to cancel the visit of the author Simon James Green scheduled for 7 March 2022.”ĭr Hughes says that he spoke to the head, Philip McCullagh, “for an hour at least” on 2 March, and “dictated a statement he could use to cancel the event”. “It has been brought to my attention that there was an extraordinary governors meeting this morning (Saturday 5 March 2022),” he says. Now, i has obtained the letter sent by Simon Hughes, the director of education at the diocese, informing the governors of their removal. A separate visit by Mr Green to St John’s Primary School in Gravesend, which was scheduled for Wednesday and falls within the diocese, was also cancelled.
