The battle against compulsory sex education for minors ought to be of major concern to all of us who care deeply about protecting the innocence of children, writes Edmund Adamus

We all know that one of the most fundamental and irreformable truths of Christian teaching, firmly based on natural law, is the rights, responsibilities and duties of parents to be the primary educators and protectors of their children. This truth comes into sharper focus, as it always does, against the backdrop of ever increasing “aggressive” sex education. What do I mean by aggressive? Well, in Catholic schools and indeed in any school for that matter, the principle is simple and ought to be rigorously applied: objectively, content should never offend against modesty. Subjectively, materials must not offend against privacy.