He has doubts about continuing to follow Quiverfull teachings on family planning.

BBC: Sarah Dawes and her children

His family, he once said, practised the teachings of John Calvin (1509-64), a Protestant fundamentalist highly influential in Scotland.

ECONOMIST: David McTaggart

The survey of 1, 005 Catholics in both the Republic and Northern Ireland found 77 percent supporting female ordination, almost 90 percent supporting married priests and more than 70 percent viewed Catholic Church teachings on sexuality as irrelevant to them or to their family.

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