Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart gives green light to gay couples at Catholic school formals

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January 22, 2016 - 4:01PM
Marika Dobbin

Students at Victoria's Catholic high schools who might be thinking of bringing a same-sex partner to their school formal have won support from an unlikely source.

Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart has urged schools to be sensitive and respectful to students who wanted to invite a same-sex date to the biggest night of the year.

"These are quite often emotional situations and it's very important that we always have respect for the dignity of the human being involved," he said.

Archbishop Hart made the comments when Fairfax asked for his response to a previously unreported case at the Academy of Mary Immaculate in Fitzroy.

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