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A "sado masochistic" priest who abused a boy was sent to the US for "therapy" before being reinstated as a minister on Cardinal Nichols's watch, it has emerged.
Top editors have rejected calls to adopt a provision in the Editors' Code of Practice banning discrimination against groups such as Muslims, Jews and migrant communities in the press.
A vote on free speech at Cambridge University has strongly rejected guidelines requiring opinions to be "respectful" - after warnings this could limit freedom of expression.
A cacophony of complaints - some justified, most plain wrong or wilfully distorted - has been hurled at Emmanuel Macron's proposed new law to defend French democracy from radical Islam, writes John Lichfield.
The Trump administration has issued new guidance on religious exemptions for federal contractors that critics say grants them carte blanche to discriminate against LGBTQ workers, women, religious minorities and others.
The creator of an animated film on blasphemy in Pakistan is hoping it will prompt discussion on tolerance at a time that rights advocates say hate speech on social media is increasingly triggering violence.
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