A: In Victoria's Catholic sector, individual schools shape the content of their sex education classes under the umbrella of the Victorian Government's VELS curriculum and a policy document, Directives in Christian Education in Sexuality, Father Brendan Reed, deputy director of the Catholic Education Office's schools division, says the church's theological stance on issues such as homosexuality, abortion and premarital sex does not prevent the topics being discussed in sex education classes. “We don't shirk away from that or the discussion of these issues." The policy acknowledges the role for schools in sex education, but it stresses that parents are the best people with whom to discuss sexuality.