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STEVE

I was raised a Catholic, I now put in the census that I'm Christian, although I haven't been to church for a while. But yes, I was raised a Catholic and I went to Catholic Primary school and Secondary school and all that. But when it came to our child’s christening, we were in a real difficult place because my father's family, as I said, were keen for a Catholic baptism. My wife's family are not religious at all. It took us a long time to decide what to do.

It wasn’t until my son was one that we ended up finding, eventually, the Christchurch Cornerstone, which is an ecumenical church, and we met with the pastor at that time. And we finally had a place where we felt that we could have a celebration of birth, but without it being too religious, if you see what I mean. I consider myself Christian, but I don't really know what faith I am. I have faith, but I don't really have a religion, I suppose.