How much say should we have in children's sex education?

YOUR HEADLINE, "Church is attacked on sex lessons: Ulster group condemns official line" is most misleading (Catholic Herald, 26 April).
In fact, the Dunaggon Family Support Group is completely loyal to the Church, and fully supportive of the teaching of the recent (though as yet little heard-o1) Roman document The Meaning of Sexuality. Its complaint is neither against the Church, nor what your headline writer chooses to call its "line".
What it seeks is that sex education programmes in the Province should fully accord with the new Instruction, which mandates that: 1 There must be no presentation of erotic material 2 No "role play" or dramatic representation 3 No use of sexually explicit images or models 4 No request to divulge personal or family matters 5 No oral or written examinations about genital or erotic questions 6 Masturbation must be presented as morally disordered
7 Such matters as contraception, NFP, childbirth and homosexual behaviour must not be addressed until adolescence
I believe the great majority of parents, whether Catholic or not, would wish to see sex education in their children's schools measure up to these seven requirements.
Joseph E Warner London SW20
I AM ASTONISHED to see on your front page that Fr John Forsythe describes parents who want to protect their primary school children from explicit lessons on sex as "a very right wing extremist pressure group".
Is this how he would describe the Pontifical Council for the Family? If he is logical he should, because in their recent document, The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality, Section 78, they insist children of this age "must never be disturbed by unnecessary information about sex".
If the Irish Bishops are loyal to Rome, they will condemn Fr Forsythe, not the parents in "Education for Chastity", who should be commended for their brave stand.
Dr Christopher Miles London W5
YOUR ARTICLE LEFT me feeling very grateful to have been able to leave my children's sex education primarily to their school teachers, in the secure knowledge that it would be put across with care, concern and with their moral welfare of the greatest concern.
I feel terribly sorry for today's parents who really have very little idea what their children are being taught. Pat O'Sullivan Liverpool