An on-air comment last Friday, by Today FM presenter Ray D'Arcy, "stands as an unambiguous example of media bias against the Catholic Church in Ireland", said Catholic Communications Office spokesman Martin Long, writes Patsy McGarry.
Reviewing newspaper reports of a Dáil speech by Fine Gael TD Michelle Mulherin, in which she described fornication as the major cause of unwanted pregnancies, Mr D’Arcy remarked that “the Catholic Church, in many ways, has f**ked up this country”.
Mr Long has demanded an apology and retraction from Mr D’Arcy at 9.15am today, the same time the comment was made on Friday.
He said the statement was “grossly offensive and factually inaccurate”.