The Bishop of Portsmouth has expressed concern at the Catholic Education Service’s controversial document on homophobic bullying, saying it has clearly been influenced by gay rights groups.

In an interview with LifeSiteNews, Bishop Philip Egan said the document, titled “Made in God’s Image”, includes “quite a bit of ‘cut and paste’” from materials produced by Stonewall and LGBT Youth Scotland.

“Strangely, neither of these sources — available on the internet — are acknowledged,” he said.

Stonewall has denied any specific involvement in the production of the document, although it has welcomed the CES using its material as a “positive and welcome step”.