Seven issues apology over All Saints

“All Saints values its audience and has the greatest respect for their commitment to the program.

“Without reservation, to any members of the audience who have found an element of a recent story offensive, Channel Seven apologises,” said Seven spokesperson Simon Francis.

The apology follows an episode that prompted an outcry for linking incest with Down Syndrome.

Down Syndrome Australia sent a formal complaint to Seven about last week’s episode titled “Never Tell”, in which a woman pregnant from an incestuous relationship with her brother is told her child may have Down syndrome as a result.

The advocacy group is also considering legal action, a complaint to the Australian Communications and Media Authority and calling for a boycott by the show’s advertisers if an apology and correction is not aired on All Saints tonight.

Source: The Age