Melbourne Study Testing Perth "Irrelevant" Finding

A survey being conducted by Catholic Education authorities in Victoria will throw further light on the shock results of a Perth study that suggested most students leave Catholic schools believing the Church is largely irrelevant and too restrictive.

The Age reports this morning on the findings of the study conducted last year by Perth Marist Brother Luke Saker, who lectures at Edith Cowan University. Brother Saker surveyed 133 graduates of Catholic schools in Perth, all studying education units that would enable them to teach in Catholic schools.

The results were first reported in the Perth Archdiocesan newspaper The Record in November.

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