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** Your daily media briefing - Friday 5 June
In the Media <[link removed]> is our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, available delivered to your inbox. You can also read the latest news <[link removed]> and opinion <[link removed]> and listen to our podcasts <[link removed]> on our website.
** Secularism in the media
* Churches to reopen in June but mass congregations banned - NSS quoted <[link removed]>
Churches will be allowed to reopen for individual prayers from mid-June, though singing and mass gatherings will remain banned to stop the spread of coronavirus. We're quoted.
Mail Online
* CofE Bishop faces disciplinary proceedings over child safeguarding failures <[link removed]>
Christopher Lowson, the Bishop of Lincoln, was suspended over allegations he "failed to respond appropriately to safeguarding disclosures".
The Telegraph
* Home Office probe into child abuse in Charedi Jewish communities revealed <[link removed]>
The government has been investigating child abuse within the UK's strictly Orthodox Jewish communities as part of a wider Home Office report into group-based offending, aimed at safeguarding vulnerable children.
The JC
* Government delays introduction of relationships and sex education <[link removed]>
The new relationships and sex education curriculum, which has aroused deep concern within the Charedi community, is to be delayed by the government because of the coronavirus outbreak.
The JC
* BBC to host farewell radio service for retiring Archbishop of York <[link removed]>
The service will be broadcast across the BBC local radio network on Sunday.
BBC
* Trump administration asks the Supreme Court allow adoption agencies to ban same-sex couples <[link removed]>
Department of Justice attorneys submitted a 35-page brief to the Supreme Court asking it to rule in favour of Catholic Social Services (CSS), a Philadelphia-based adoption agency that insists it should be allowed to turn away same-sex couples under the First Amendment.
Pink News
* US: Springfield Diocese temporarily removes 3 priests from public ministry after sexual abuse allegation <[link removed]>
Three priests from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield have been temporarily removed from public ministry as a result of an allegation of sexual abuse, according to Jeffrey J. Trant, director of the diocesan Office of Safe Environment and Victim Assistance.
Mass Live
* China makes preaching patriotism compulsory to reopen churches <[link removed]>
China's communist government has issued a directive asking priests to "preach on patriotism" as a condition for reopening liturgical services, suspended earlier this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Catholic Herald
* Egypt to prosecute doctor, father over genital cutting of three girls <[link removed]>
The public prosecutor's office said the girls, who were all minors, had been told the doctor was coming to vaccinate them against the coronavirus, but instead they were injected with a drug that knocked them out and operated on.
Reuters
** Latest from the NSS
* Places of worship shouldn’t reopen prematurely <[link removed]>
As a group of religious leaders threatens legal action over the closure of places of worship during the coronavirus crisis, Stephen Evans says public health must be the priority in deciding when to reopen them.
** NEW: NSS podcast
* Ep 27: Unregistered (illegal) schools with Eve Sacks <[link removed]>
In this episode, Emma Park discusses unregistered faith schools, particularly in the Hasidic community with Eve Sacks, a member of the Jewish anti-extremist organisation Nahamu.
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