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** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 15 January
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 and opinion <[link removed]> and listen to our podcasts on our website.
** Secularism in the media
* 'I'm proof of the church's darkest secret' <[link removed]>
A profile of one of the NSS's 2018 Secularists of the Year, Phil Johnson, highlights the devastating impact of clerical sexual abuse – and how friends in high places can make it harder to hold those responsible to account.
The Telegraph (£)
* Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret – finally giving voice to survivors of clerical abuse
This review of the first episode of a BBC documentary on child abuse in the Church of England says it has given voice to survivors.
MSN
* Fears over race relations affected police probe into child sex grooming gang, report suggests <[link removed]>
Dozens of teenage girls suspected of being groomed and abused in Manchester by gangs of men from Asian backgrounds were failed because police feared upsetting race relations, a new probe has suggested.
The Independent
* Dundee council rejects bid to stop unelected members from voting on schools and education
Councillors in Dundee have roundly rejected a proposal to remove voting rights from non-elected members on the city's education committee, including religious representatives.
The Courier
* Plans for Leeds crazy golf course challenged by nearby church <[link removed]>
Plans to serve alcohol at an "adventure golf club" in Leeds are being challenged by the congregation of nearby Redeemed Christian Church of God.
Leeds Live
* Iran chess ref Shohreh Bayat fears returning home over hijab row <[link removed]>
Shohreh Bayat, the Iranian chief arbiter of the Women's World Chess Championship, says she feels unsafe to return to Iran after the circulation of a photograph taken at game in Shanghai that appears to show her without a headscarf.
BBC
* Chelmsford leisure centre could become home to a mosque after £2m bid <[link removed]>
A leisure centre in Chelmsford in Essex could become home to a mosque – raising concerns that its bars will close. Local residents have set up a petition opposing the change.
Essex Live
* Unvaccinated children allowed in New Jersey schools because of religious exemption <[link removed]>
An effort to end religious exemptions to vaccination requirements has collapsed in the US state of New Jersey.
The Independent
* Calls for change to assisted dying law to protect families who help loved ones take their own lives <[link removed]>
Vans featuring adverts calling for a formal inquiry on assisted dying have patrolled Westminster, as campaigners seek a change in the law.
ITV News
* Thirteen Christians killed and four seminarians kidnapped in Nigeria <[link removed]>
Armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 13 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria on 8 January, the same day four students were kidnapped from a Catholic seminary in Kaduna state.
Christian Today
* India: Hindu extremists protest 114 foot tall Jesus statue amid escalating persecution of Christians <[link removed]>
Hundreds of hardline Hindus gathered to protest a planned Jesus statue that will rival Rio de Janeiro's "Christ The Redeemer" for its size, claiming the structure will go "against the spirit of communal harmony".
Christian Post
* ‘We must be free to call Jesus gay’ <[link removed]>
Ben Thompson reflects on outraged Christians' call for a 'blasphemous' comedic film to be banned.
Spiked Online
** Watch
* Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret - episode 2 <[link removed]>
The second half of the story of the decades-long pursuit of Bishop Peter Ball by the individuals determined to bring him to justice, and the cover-up that went to the highest levels of the Church of England.
BBC iPlayer
** Latest from the No More Faith Schools campaign
* Council shouldn’t convert non-denominational school, says report <[link removed]>
A council in western Scotland should abandon a plan to convert a non-faith school into a Catholic school, education officials have said.
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