In his regular column Fr Joe Borg (The Sunday Times, August 12) repeatedly refers to the statement that he and six other priests signed and published in the run-up to the divorce referendum. Fr Borg emphasises that this statement was endorsed by Archbishop Paul Cremona.

In this statement, among other things, the following is asserted:

“A Catholic may also see that in this matter one is faced by the choice between two situations which both in themselves are harmful to the common good. It is legitimate, in this case of conflict, for one to choose the lesser evil after prayer, reflection and sincere search for the truth.”

However, in a pastoral letter by Mgr Cremona and Bishop Mario Grech, published a few days after this statement it was declared:

“At no point does Jesus specify any form of condition or manner in which divorce could be instituted – He simply insists that once there is divorce, then there is a shift in the nature of marriage.”

Even to a theologically untrained mind it is abundantly clear that the pastoral letter did not endorse the priests’ statement but contradicted important sections of it.