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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 15 October

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

* Catholic Church admits blame over pensioner's care home death <[link removed]>

The Catholic Church has admitted it was to blame for the death of a 94-year-old man who died after falling from a Dundee care home window in 2017.

BBC

* LGBT pupils in Wales 'need better support' from schools <[link removed]>

Schools and colleges need to give better support to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, the schools inspectorate has urged.

BBC

* Nine out of 10 EU citizens oppose animal slaughter without stunning, poll finds <[link removed]>

Nine out of 10 EU citizens want their governments to ban the slaughter of animals that have not been stunned, according to a poll published last week.

The Guardian

* Poland postpones non-stun slaughtered meat export ban until 2025 <[link removed]>

The Polish Senate voted Wednesday to postpone provisions in an animal rights bill that would ban exporting meat from animals slaughtered without stunning until 2025.

The Jerusalem Post

* Two priests accused in Vatican's first sexual abuse trial <[link removed]>

Two Catholic priests have gone on trial in the Vatican, marking the first time the city state has prosecuted a case of alleged sexual abuse.

BBC

* Italian woman in Vatican financial scandal investigation arrested <[link removed]>

A 39-year-old Italian woman with links to a deposed Roman Catholic cardinal was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the Vatican's latest financial scandal, Italian police and the Vatican said.

Reuters

* Iceland: PM criticised for bill banning intersex surgery on children but not male circumcision <[link removed]>

If passed, this bill would grant children born with atypical sex characteristics freedom from non-consensual and medically unnecessary surgery on their genitalia. People's Party MP Guðmundur Ingi Kristinsson criticised the bill for not including a ban on penile circumcision.

Reykjavik Grapevine

* US: Student warned by Christian college after tweeting about being a lesbian <[link removed]>

A student at Moody Bible Institute, a Christian college in Chicago, has revealed that she was placed on "warning status" after she tweeted about being a lesbian.

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** New NSS podcast

* Ep 36: Faith-shaped holes in the Equality Act <[link removed]>

This month marks the tenth anniversary of the Equality Act 2010, a landmark piece of legislation that reformed and improved the law on equality in the UK. Liberal Democrat peer Lynne Featherstone joins the podcast to discuss the Act's significance and the problems caused by continuing religious privilege, as covered in a recent NSS report.

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