Prelate to Noynoy: Stop sex education in schools
A Catholic bishop on Monday urged President-elect Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III to stop the government's sex-education program in schools as soon as she assumes the presidency on June 30. "Being a Christian, [Aquino should] do what is according to moral law, according to the dignity and rights of every Filipino," said Pampanga Archbishop Paciano Aniceto, chairman of the Catholic Bishopsâ Conference of the Philippines Commission on Family and Life, in an article posted Monday night on the CBCP news site. The Department of Education (DepEd) will implement this school year its Adolescent Reproductive Health program in 80 public and elementary and 79 high schools. Aniceto reiterated parents have the sole responsibility of teaching their children about human sexuality. But in cases where parents are working abroad and their children are left behind, he said the burden of teaching sex education would fall with the relatives, parent-teacher associations, Church-based groups such as Couples for Christ and Catholic Womenâs League, and parish-based youth organizations.