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Posted: Thu, 11 Jul 2019
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Posted: Thu, 04 Jul 2019
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Mandatory reporting laws needed to protect children, say clerical abuse survivors
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Time to stop pretending we have a ‘national church’
Posted: Fri, 18 Oct 2019
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Don’t take lessons on democracy from Church of England bishops
Posted: Fri, 04 Oct 2019
Prince William's comments on supporting his children if they are gay should be treated with much less significance than the fact he is due to lead an established church which obstructs LGBT equality, says...
Equality for LGBT people requires a secular head of state
Posted: Thu, 27 Jun 2019
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The C of E can’t be allowed to keep shielding abusers from accountability
Posted: Thu, 09 May 2019