“The Church of England has paid substantial damages to a woman who claims she was forcibly drugged and sexually abused whilst in the care of a church-run children’s home.”
BBC News, 7th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An Anglican vicar deliberately breached Britain’s immigration laws by conducting hundreds of sham marriages between Africans and Europeans, a court heard yesterday.”
The Independent, 11th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Church of England has paved the way for ordination of its first women bishops with new legislation that it hopes will prevent Anglicans splitting over the issue.”
The Sunday Times, 9th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The former archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, today [7th May] backed the saying of prayers before council meetings as a pressure group prepared to launch a legal battle on the issue.”
The Guardian, 7th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The McFarlane judgment raises fundamental questions about church and state, says Michael Nazir-Ali.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th April 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“As a lawyer, I can recognise Lord Laws’ judgment in the McFarlane case as stinging rebuke to Lord Carey.”
The Guardian, 30th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The former archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey today accused judges of moving towards a new ‘secular state’ that would downgrade the rights of religious believers. Attacking a ‘deeply worrying’ court ruling, Carey claimed the judiciary was now tipping the legal balance against believers in ‘a deeply unedifying collision of human rights’.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Attempts to have religious rights cases heard by hand-picked judges would set a dangerous precedent, lawyers said, amid mounting unrest about legal clashes between religious representatives and equality rights campaigners.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A top judge was warned that court rulings against Christian workers risk causing ‘civil unrest’ as he heard the case of a relationship counsellor who was sacked after refusing to give sex advice to homosexual couples.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th April 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Burial rules in a West Midlands diocese have been changed after a mix-up with grave plots which led to a court ordering an exhumation.”
BBC News, 7th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ministers have assured clergy that they will not face legal action if they refuse to carry out new ‘gay weddings’ in churches.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Vacancies in Suffragan Sees and Other Ecclesiastical Offices Measure 2010 published
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Gay men and women will finally be allowed to marry in churches after the House of Lords dramatically voted in favour of lifting the ban on religious premises holding same-sex partnerships.”
The Independent, 3rd March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Church of England may not allow its clergy to have their civil partnerships blessed in church but it voted tonight to allow the survivors of same-sex partnerships the same pension rights as other spouses. The church’s General Synod, meeting in London, voted in favour of what supporters of the move described as big-heartedness at odds with the church’s public reputation for homophobia in its wrangles over gay clergy.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government will not push through proposals that churches argue would restrict their ability to deny jobs to gay people and transsexuals, Equality Minister Harriet Harman confirmed today.”
The Independent, 4th February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The government has suffered three House of Lords defeats over moves churches said would prevent them denying jobs to gay people and transsexuals.”
BBC News, 25th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government is facing allegations of duplicity over changes to the equality bill after a leaked document showed conflicting statements about the position of churches and other religious organisations.”
The Guardian, 25th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Church of England bishops are on a collision course with the government over its plans to amend the incitement to hatred laws, claiming they will stifle what they believe is legitimate criticism of homosexual lifestyles.”
The Guardian, 24th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Church of England could face paying out millions of pounds in compensation to opponents of women bishops who quit their posts over the issue.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Church of England vicar accused of intimidating and spitting at parishioners was ordered to vacate his post by his bishop today.”
The Independent, 10th April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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