Society of Jesus admits 81 children and 21 adults were sexually abused by 96 of its members since 1927The Jesuit order in Spain has admitted that 81 Read More
Christianity
‘Let us disobey’: Churches defy lockdown with secret meetings
Gathering in barns, cafes and bookshops, worshippers are flocking to illegal services around the countryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our Read More
Revealed: ex-members of Amy Coney Barrett faith group tell of trauma and sexual abuse
People of Praise hire lawyers to investigate historical sexual abuse allegations as former members speak of ‘emotional torment’Amy Coney Barrett’s Read More
‘It instilled such problems’: ex-member of Amy Coney Barrett’s faith group speaks out
Former insiders and religious scholars say scrutiny of Barrett’s connection to People of Praise is entirely legitimateRebekah Powers was 11 when Read More
Woman sacked over LGBTQ+ education comments loses tribunal case
Tribunal rejects Kristie Higgs’s claim Gloucestershire school fired her because of her beliefsA Christian school worker who claimed she had been Read More
Revealed: Amy Coney Barrett lived in home of secretive Christian group’s co-founder
Details of link to Kevin Ranaghan raise fresh questions about supreme court nominee’s involvement with People of PraiseAmy Coney Barrett lived in the Read More
Revealed: Amy Coney Barrett lived in home of secretive Christian group’s co-founder
Details of link to Kevin Ranaghan raise fresh questions about supreme court nominee’s involvement with People of PraiseAmy Coney Barrett lived in the Read More
Democrats aren’t anti-Catholic bigots for questioning Amy Coney Barrett | Jill Filipovic
The Republican party has cannily repackaged valid scrutiny as religious bigotry. But liberals are right to ask hard questions of Trump’s pickThe Read More
Woman fights sacking for objecting to son’s LGBTQ+ classes
Kristie Higgs tells tribunal in Bristol she was defending ‘Bible truth’ against ‘harmful doctrines’A woman sacked from her job as a school assistant Read More
Church of England disowns ruling on Irish epitaph on gravestone
Religious court denied family approval for memorial because it might stir political ‘passions’The Church of England has disowned a legal ruling in its Read More
The police aren’t the only ones in need of diversity | Letters
Rev David Haslam recalls fruitless efforts to improve racial diversity in the police and churches in the 1990s. Plus John Bache JP on how to address Read More
Matters of life and death, faith and suffering | Letters
Alison Watson, Colin Brewer, an anonymous reader and Gillian Draper respond to Caroline Fraser’s article about the agonising death of her Christian Read More