A Catholic priest has said that if Catholics advocate or promote abortion, it may impact on the appropriateness of him celebrating their marriage #BBCNolan

A Catholic priest has said that if Catholics advocate or promote abortion,

it may impact on the appropriateness of him celebrating their marriage or the wedding taking place in a Catholic church at all.

Father Damien Quigley wrote to a couple, saying

"just a heads up that, as the priest you've asked to celebrate your wedding for you, you and I would need to have a conversation about any promotion you may do to advocate for abortion in Ireland. Such promotion or advocacy would impact on the appropriateness of me celebrating your wedding or possibly, the wedding taking place in a catholic church. I'm sure we can have a good chat over a coffee sometime soon."

Stephen spoke to Kitty Holland - social affairs correspondent for the Irish Times.