A CATHOLIC chaplain of a Glasgow university has held a service to atone for the "gross offence" of Glasgow Pride.

Father Mark Morris, of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, last night invited parishioners to a rosary of reparation.

According the Balornock church's website, the service was a "Rosary of reparation for the gross offence to God which is Pride Glasgow."

Saturday's Pride march was led by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who called the event “celebrating and reaffirming the values of tolerance, diversity, equality, love and respect.”

But last night Father Morris, who is the Catholic chaplain of Glasgow Caledonian University, held a service offering decades of the Rosary, Litany and Benediction in reparation for the LGBTI event.

Jordan Daly, Co-Founder of Time for Inclusive Education (TIE), which campaigns for inclusive education in schools, said it was "sad and disappointing" to see Father Morris's "condemnation" of the event.

He said: "The Pride parade was, as always, a vibrant and colourful display of diversity, acceptance, and inclusivity.

"The ethos of the parade is equality and love, so it is sad and disappointing to see that Father Morris has countered those fundamental values by holding this service and allowing a narrative of exclusion and condemnation to enter the mainstream as a result."

Father Morris celebrates Mass on Thursdays in the Faith and Belief Centre in the university's William Harley Building, and hears confession.

A spokesman for the Catholic Church in Glasgow said: “This was a private parish devotion unrelated to Father Morris’s role as chaplain.”

Jordan added: "We are concerned about the message that this could send to the young people of Glasgow Caledonian University, and so would like to stress that these predictable voices of opposition are becoming increasingly drowned out by a Catholic and wider faith community which is supportive of LGBT equality.

"There were many people of faith who attended the Parade this weekend and in our efforts to advance LGBT-inclusive education in schools, we have been strongly supported by numerous Catholic Priests and their parishioners, as well as Church of Scotland and Scottish Episcopal Church ministers.

"Our experience working with the Scottish Catholic Education Service as part of the Scottish Government's LGBT Inclusive Education Working Group has also been nothing but positive and productive.

"We know that those who support the LGBT community outweigh those who endorse intolerance and I imagine that the number of attendees to this service in contrast with those who attended the Pride parade would further prove that."

Glasgow Caledonian University and the Catholic Church in Glasgow have been contacted for comment.