In 2010 in Ireland , Sean Brady , the Archbishop of Armagh , unsuccessfully asked Irish Catholics to resist government proposals for same - sex civil partnerships .
The Irish episcopal conference said that they discriminated against people in non-sexual relationships .
In 2010 in Ireland , Sean Brady , the Archbishop of Armagh , unsuccessfully asked Irish Catholics to resist government proposals for same - sex civil partnerships , and the Irish episcopal conference said that they discriminated against people in non-sexual relationships .