Prayers take place at the gates of RTÉ in Donnybrook in protest at the appearance on the Late Late Show of the authors of a book on the subject of convent sexuality.
The Late Late Show presenter Gay Byrne interviewed two lesbian ex-nuns and some viewers were not happy.
The two American authors Nancy Manahan and Rosemary Curb were in Ireland to promote their book ‘Breaking Silence: Lesbian Nuns on Convent Sexuality’. The book is a collection of essays and interviews involving girls who joined convents in America and discovered lesbian tendencies.
At the time, the programme had RTÉ’s highest TAM rating, attracting both praise and condemnation at the same time.
Protesters held a prayer vigil outside the RTÉ studios in protest over the interviews. One woman held up a placard with the words
Should RTÉ Advertise Vice?
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 13 September 1985.
