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** Your daily media briefing - Friday 14 August
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** Secularism in the media
* Money for C of E abuse survivors is dwarfed by legal and admin bill <[link removed]>
Independent research suggests the Church of England spends £55,000 towards the costs of counselling or therapy for survivors of clerical abuse, out of an estimated annual spend on safeguarding of £20 million. This is less than the cost of supporting a single alleged clerical perpetrator who has been suspended.
Church Times
* Charedi Jewish leader: No call for rabbis to be trained in child protection <[link removed]>
A senior Charedi leader has told the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse that Jewish sexual abuse victims are not ostracised, directly contradicting the statements from Jewish victims and victim support groups.
Jewish News
* Warwickshire's last independent Catholic secondary school to become academy <[link removed]>
A Catholic secondary school in Warwickshire has been given the green light to convert to an academy.
Coventry Telegraph
* Number of pupils studying Religious Studies A-level continues to fall <[link removed]>
There were 11.5 per cent fewer students studying Religious Studies at A-level this year compared to 2019.
Premier Christian News
* Queensland has become the first Australian state to ban 'gay conversion therapy'
Health practitioners face up to 18 months in jail if found guilty of using LGBTIQ+ conversion practices.
SBS News
* Outcry in Somalia as new bill would allow child marriage <[link removed]>
An outcry is rising in Somalia as parliament considers a bill that would allow child marriage once a girl's sexual organs mature and would allow forced marriage as long as the family gives their consent.
Yahoo! News
* Two mosques in Xinjiang village razed amid campaign targeting Muslim holy sites <[link removed]>
Authorities in Atush city in Xinjiang have reportedly razed two of three mosques in the village of Suntagh, amid a campaign that has seen thousands of Muslim sites destroyed in recent years.
Radio Free Asia
* Isis seizes key Mozambique port city after six-day battle <[link removed]>
Islamic State militants have overrun government forces and their South African mercenary allies to capture a strategic city in Mozambique.
The Times (£)
* Leading Mormon says sorry for anti-LGBT+ activism <[link removed]>
Dr. Allen Bergin, psychologist and former member of the Mormon's Sunday School General Board, has apologised for "being part of a professional, religious, and public culture that marginalised, pathologised, and excluded LGBT persons."
Daily.LGBT
* 'The end of the secular republic' <[link removed]>
India's and Turkey's leaders are turning religious buildings into battlegrounds for nationalists, says Yasmeen Serhan.
The Atlantic
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* Our schools should promote social cohesion – so educate children together <[link removed]>
As research shows social integration is key to fostering positive attitudes toward people of different religions and beliefs, Megan Manson says we should challenge the segregation and division inherent to faith schools.
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