The post and Facebook page have since been removed and a new post on the parish website includes an apology for any hurt caused and states that all children are cherished and God-given.

“The threat of the Culture of Death is now real and imminent ... in the form of population control measures being emphatically proposed, promoted and propagated from one nation to the next.”

“There are lots of couples living a committed married-like relationship without making it formal and we felt that we needed to meet these people and help them,” says Dr Phil Boyle.

Dr Thomas Hilgers warns that many women have been damaged and traumatised due to contraception, abortion and IVF.