The Bishop of Lancaster has threatened to split with an adoption charity if it allows same-sex couples to become parents.
Patrick O’Donoghue, the highest-ranking Catholic in Lancashire, will sever church ties with the charity if it complies with changes to equality laws.
From January it will be illegal to discriminate against gay couples that wish to adopt.
The Bishop said the Catholic Caring Services will disobey the Church’s teachings on homosexuality if it complies with the new laws and could not call itself Catholic “unless you have fully exhausted all possible legal alternatives.”
O’Donoghue also warned that the charity could also be disqualified from any financial contributions from the Diocese.
