Tags: Church of England
Church of England to consider cutting requirement for regular services
Posted: Tue, 18 Oct 2016
The Church of England is considering steps to abandon its current national obligations by lifting the requirement to hold regular services. Read More »
Government is irresponsible to lavish more funds on Cathedrals when the Church can afford to pay
Posted: Tue, 09 Aug 2016
The National Secular Society has criticised the latest wave of taxpayer funding for cathedrals, after the Department for Culture, Media and Sport announced £14.5 million for repairs. Read More »
Cruelty was normalised at Church of England children’s home, says report
Posted: Thu, 14 Jul 2016
An independent review into Kendall house, a children's home run by the Church of England, has reported "harrowing" findings where girls were sedated and abused. Read More »
NSS criticise Church plan to open 125 new free schools
Posted: Mon, 11 Jul 2016
The Church of England is planning to bid for control of more than one quarter of the new free schools announced by the Government. Read More »
Church ‘using academisation to increase religious influence in schools’
Posted: Fri, 17 Jun 2016
The NSS has written to the Department for Education over concerns that the Church of England is using academisation to strengthen its influence in schools – over the objections of school governors. Read More »
Church review into abusive Bishop refuses to explicitly consider bullying of victims in its Terms of Reference
Posted: Thu, 28 Apr 2016
A victim of clerical abuse has refused to give evidence to a Church review of the Bishop Peter Ball case, after it declined to explicitly mention intimidation of victims in its Terms of Reference. Read More »
NSS urges schools commissioner to reject church plan to control community schools
Posted: Tue, 05 Apr 2016
The National Secular Society has called on the Regional Schools Commissioner for the North of England to oppose plans for a Church of England takeover of four Newcastle schools. Read More »
NSS urges Government to fix the date for Easter now, not wait indefinitely for religious consensus
Posted: Wed, 23 Mar 2016
The NSS has urged the Government to fix the date for the Easter public holiday – warning that religious consensus is likely to take decades and may even be impossible. Read More »
Church cut contact with child abuse victim on order of insurers
Posted: Wed, 16 Mar 2016
A report by Ian Elliott, an expert in child safeguarding, has found "repeated failures" by clergy and bishops in the Church of England to deal with reports by survivors of child abuse. Read More »
Four Newcastle schools facing Church of England takeover
Posted: Wed, 09 Mar 2016
Four non-religious schools are to be merged with a CofE primary under a single academy trust controlled by the Church of England, in a move described as a "takeover". Read More »
NSS raises alarm over major flaws in Church’s sex abuse inquiry
Posted: Wed, 24 Feb 2016
The National Secular Society has warned that the Church's inquiry into their handling of the Bishop Peter Ball sex abuse case could leave significant questions unanswered. Read More »
Welby says separation of church and state “would not be a disaster”, admits establishment has been abused
Posted: Tue, 23 Feb 2016
The Archbishop of Canterbury has said that while he is opposed to the disestablishment of the Church of England, the separation of church and state would not be a disaster for the Anglican Church. Read More »
Church stresses “urgent need” to focus evangelism on children, young people and their parents
Posted: Thu, 18 Feb 2016
The NSS has warned that publicly funded schools shouldn't be used for evangelism after a report from the Church of England stressed an "urgent need to focus on children, young people and their parents". Read More »
Church’s call to pray for Richard Dawkins is “cheap and nasty”, says bishop
Posted: Mon, 15 Feb 2016
Stephen Lowe, the former Anglican Bishop of Hulme, has criticised the Church of England's tweet offering prayers for Richard Dawkins following the professor's stroke. Read More »
Government praises “spiritual insight” of bishops in response to petition calling for their removal from the Lords
Posted: Tue, 09 Feb 2016
The Government has said that changes to the Lords are "important" but that the position of the bishops in the Upper House is not a "priority", in response to a petition calling for the removal of 26 bishops from the House of Lords. Read More »
NSS welcomes moves by Church of England to fix the date of Easter
Posted: Tue, 19 Jan 2016
The National Secular Society has welcomed efforts by the Church of England to fix the date of Easter, something the NSS called for in 2015 in light of the disruption the changeable date causes to schools and business. Read More »
Church of England collapse strengthens the case for a secular UK
Posted: Tue, 12 Jan 2016
Weekly attendance at Church of England services has fallen below 1 million for the first time – bolstering the argument for a secular state. Read More »
National Secular Society defends cinemas’ freedom not to screen religious adverts
Posted: Mon, 14 Dec 2015
The NSS has defended cinema chains' freedom to refuse religious or political advertising after the Equality and Human Rights Commission accused them of "failing to uphold Britain's long tradition of freedom of expression." Read More »
NSS: Church cannot escape blame for the failure to uncover truth about sex abuse
Posted: Thu, 29 Oct 2015
The National Secular Society has said that the Church of England cannot escape blame following the jailing of a retired Anglican priest for sexual offences committed against boys as young as 14. Read More »
Former Anglican bishop Peter Ball jailed as victims sue Church of England over ‘cover-up’
Posted: Wed, 07 Oct 2015
Peter Ball, the former Bishop of Gloucester and Lewes, has been sentenced to 32 months in prison after pleading guilty to offences against 18 teenagers and young men – allegations Ball denied for over twenty years. Read More »
