"Beeliner, what specifically was the BBC's gaffe in this case? Your post doesn't make it clear."

Peter, I didn't hear their coverage, if any, of this specific case. It was more a general statement.

I lived in Germany for over eight years and BBC radio and TV were my main sources of news in English.

During that time, I can remember various points of Catholic doctrine on several issues being misstated rather badly, and I am not alleging any deliberate misrepresentation on their part, only that whoever wrote the reports should have been careful in their research.