The husband of the Diane McQueen is appealing for the public to stop blaming him for his wife?s problems.

Mr. McQueen, who did not want his first name used, told this week that when he married the Ms McQueen about four years ago she only had one child ? who at the time was living in foster care.

He said after the birth of his son, she ?got pregnant with other men? ? not once, but three times while they were married.

He said he eventually left her, but stayed married because of his son. ?I?m now thinking about taking my three-year-old son away from her,? he said.

The couple no longer live together and Ms McQueen is facing eviction as the house she rents in Warwick was recently sold.

Mr. McQueen said it was hurtful to read in the newspaper that the public thought he was a bad father and husband because he would not take responsibility for all four, soon to be five, of her children ? and not just his.

?I do more than my share for my son and whatever I give her goes towards the whole house, not just my son,? he said. ?So nobody must tell me I?m not doing enough.?

Mr. McQueen said he was ?really irritated? by reports in the newspaper and radio and just wanted the opportunity to ?tell his side of the story?.

In another development, Government backbencher Derrick Burgess ? responding to Ms McQueen?s plight ? called on Government to review its policy on sex education in schools.

?There has been so much condemnation for this young mother and I believe we should not turn our backs on her, but help her,? he said.

The Bermuda Industrial Union president said it was important to find out about the environment Ms McQueen grew up in and find out how many other young women were in a similar position.

?She?s obviously not the first mother in Bermuda to have five children and I?m sure she?s not happy about her situation,? he said.

Mr. Burgess said the Bermuda public was being ?selfish? in not helping her children, but also that it was important to prevent the same thing from happening to other young girls.

?We have a serious social problem that needs to be addressed,? he said.

He suggested a teen pregnancy prevention programme be introduced in all Government schools.

Mr. Burgess said if any form of a sex education programme already existed on the Island, it is obviously not working.

According to statistics from the Registrar General, of the 834 births in 2003, 303 were born out of wedlock and 75 of these were to mothers under the age of 20.

That is an average of 63 teenagers becoming mothers every year for the last ten years. Another 84 babies were born out of wedlock to women between the ages of 20 and 24.