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Fr Michael Drumm on the rights of denominational schools

Fr Michael Drumm on the rights of denominational schools

18th May 2012 ~ Quicktime Audio

The Chair of the Catholic schools Partnership, Fr Michael Drumm spoke to the Iona Institute on the subject of denominational schools. Fr Drumm said that some of the preliminary recommendations of the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism could have the effect of badly undermining the ethos and identity of denominational schools.

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