Bishop blames abortion for violent crimes in Britain

Wednesday 27th August, 2008

London: A Roman Catholic bishop has blamed Britain's abortion laws, and claimed casual recourse to abortion had cheapened the value of human life in the eyes of the public over the last four decades.

The Rt Reverend Patrick O'Donoghue, the Bishop of Lancaster, said he was convinced that the 1967 Abortion Act was a major cause of widespread violence among young people.

"All of us have seen in the news the frequent reports of young people killing strangers in the street, killing fathers defending their property, killing people with learning difficulties, killing other young people who are different to them," The Telegraph quoted the bishop as saying in report titled "Fit for Mission? Church". the rest