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How the Catholic Church still avoids accountability for abuse in Italy
Francesco Zanardi was 11 years old when a Catholic priest in northern Italy started sexually abusing him, an…
A national inquiry into grooming gangs is a moral and political necessity
The grooming gangs scandal is a national disgrace and there must be a reckoning, argues abuse lawyer Richard Scorer.
‘Gradually and then suddenly’: the Church of England’s slide into moral bankruptcy and the need for disestablishment
A character in a Hemingway novel was asked how he went bankrupt and famously answered: ‘Two ways. Gradually…
Child protection and religious freedom
Richard Scorer examines the relationship between religious freedom (or privilege) and the protection of children from abuse.
Gay conversion therapy: how to reform the law
How far should gay conversion therapy be regulated or banned by the law?