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Archbishop of Canterbury ‘whitewashed’ serious and ‘egregious’ safeguarding failure that led to blacklisting chaplain

13 August 2024

Summarising the case Expert legal officer on clergy discipline cases concluded that the Derby diocese safeguarding team had provided no evidence to justify Rev. Dr Bernard Randall being marked a safeguarding risk to children for his Christian beliefs on human sexuality. Evidence was found that the diocese had blacklisted him, under the watch of Bishop ...

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Christian dance group call for investigation after senator accepts bias over cancelled performance for challenging gender identity

12 August 2024

The senator at the centre of a cancel culture storm on the Caribbean Island of Barbados has admitted ‘there was a real perception of bias’ when he made a ruling which upheld the disqualification of a Christian dance group from a national competition for challenging gender identity.

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Archbishop of Canterbury ‘whitewashed’ serious and ‘egregious’ safeguarding failure that led to blacklisting chaplain

12 August 2024

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, (ABC) ‘misunderstood the scope of his powers’, a senior Church legal officer for clergy discipline found, after he repeatedly tried to block a serious complaint of misconduct being investigated over a bishop blacklisting an ordained Church of England (CofE) chaplain.

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Tribunal member formally rebuked after recusal for ‘perception of bias’ during Christian teacher case

7 August 2024

A member of an employment tribunal who made anti-Christian comments and described Tories as 'tumours' has been formally rebuked after being dramatically recused from a Christian teacher case. 

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Christian lecturer to appeal tribunal ruling after judge says sacking for one tweet was ‘reasonable’

1 August 2024

A Christian lecturer, theologian and father of six will appeal an employment tribunal ruling which concluded that it was ‘reasonable’ for a Bible college to sack him for misconduct for one tweet defending Christian sexual ethics.

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