“We never question Humanae Vitae because it has such wonderful fruits,” says one of founding members of Community of Nazareth, Brendan Lynch.

“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.

Wijngaards Statement is based on a purely biological or physicalist understanding of sexuality that has long been surpassed, claims Irish theologian.