Aston student fights off sin of adultery through Roman Catholic beliefs

A Catholic and Christian believer who practice the religion on different levels of beliefs, can impact the result of an interfaith relationship.

Roman Catholic Student, Lisa (22) from Portsmouth currently studying at Aston University, expressed her strong beliefs against committing adultery. She was pressurised sexual intercourse by her Christian partner (23), who was not a strong believer of religion.

Lisa as a strong Catholic believed intimacy was a wrongdoing and that it is an action of sin. “Sexual intimacy is something that I have been taught to stay away from, it should not be committed until after marriage”, she said.

“My partner did not abide by my beliefs. He knew I wouldn’t be ready until after marriage, but he tried to make me have sex with him anyway”.

Roman Catholics do not support any forms of artificial birth control and sex on demand is perceived as guilty.

“He very well knew the Roman Catholic views on sex, as I had explained a number of times. It then came to a point where I no longer felt comfortable around him” she said.

She had shared how her partner had booked a hotel room in Central Portsmouth.

“I wasn’t sure on what to do, on one hand if I didn’t go through it I would lose him. On the other hand, if I did go through it I would be ruining my self-respect and faith.

“I was too afraid to even talk to talk to my friends or family, as they would have questioned my partners intentions and commitment to our relationship”.

Her partner did not have bad intentions, as she said, “I knew my partner didn’t just want to sleep with me, but physical intimacy was a way for him to develop our relationship”.

The conflict between two cultural opinions led their one and half year relationship to an end.