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Justin Welby was under growing pressure to stand down over a damning report into John Smyth QC’s ‘abhorrent’ abuse of children and young men

Justin Welby had tried to stay in post following the Makin Review but bowed to growing pressure over his position

Leader of Church of England had faced pressure since damning report on cover-up of John Smyth’s abuse

Mark Stibbe, who was abused by John Smyth QC in the 1980s, called for all senior clergy ‘that did nothing but knew what was going on’ to stand down.

Multiple victims of abuse have come forward to call for the Archbishop to stand down

Archbishop of Canterbury has ‘lost confidence of his clergy’ over scandal, vicar warns

The charter school movement has seen many recent Supreme Court victories widening their scope to faith-based education, but some ambiguities remain.

At the close of its recent term the Supreme Court ruled on the cases of Carson v. Makin and Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, rekindling controversy over one of the most enduring issues in American history: religious liberty. Another of this term’s blockbuster decisions, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,…

In Carson v. Makin, the Chief Justice stealthily eliminated the status/use distinction.

The article explains why the Supreme Court was right to hold that state voucher programs can’t discriminate against “sectarian” religious schools and addresses various objections.

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