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** Your daily media briefing - Thursday 16 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
* Birmingham pastor guilty of raping children <[link removed]>
A church pastor repeatedly raped children after "holy baths" he claimed would ward off evil.
BBC
* Australian archbishop opposes planned law to compel priests to report child sexual abuse <[link removed]>
Brisbane's Catholic archbishop has claimed a move to compel Queensland priests to report child sexual abuse offences disclosed during confessions would fail to make children safer.
The Guardian
* Group challenging extremism inside Jewish community to launch this month <[link removed]>
Nahamu seeks to 'ensure harms caused by inward-facing extremism are recognised and addressed, rather than swept under the carpet'.
Jewish News
* Catholic Church in US shields $2bn in assets to limit abuse payouts <[link removed]>
Dioceses are aggressively moving and reclassifying holdings to shrink the value of their bankruptcy estates.
Bloomberg
* Call for a new law to allow assisted dying on the Isle of Man <[link removed]>
There are calls for a new law to allow voluntary assisted dying on the Isle of Man.
IoM Today
* Villagers accuse Catholic Church of breaching planning regulations and council of failing to act <[link removed]>
Villagers have slammed the Catholic Church for breaching planning law in Lochwinnoch in the Lowlands, and asked why Renfrewshire Council has not taken action against the Diocese of Paisley over the matter.
The Gazette
* ‘Historical accuracy matters when talking religion and politics’ <[link removed]>
A letter says it makes little sense to divide scarce educational resources on a religious basis or to segregate children for that reason.
The National
* Donald Trump is promising ‘big action’ on school prayer to rally evangelical voters <[link removed]>
President Donald Trump is promising "big action" to promote school prayer as he seeks to rally the evangelicals who were key to his 2016 election.
Time
* French priest recounts how he abused boy scouts over decades <[link removed]>
A former priest detailed Tuesday how he systematically abused boys over two decades as a French scout chaplain, and said his superiors knew about his "abnormal" behaviour as far back as the 1970s.
AP
* Human Rights Watch report blasts China’s treatment of Uighur Muslims <[link removed]>
US-based Human Rights Watch has released a scathing review of the Chinese government, including a condemnation of Beijing's treatment of Uighur Muslims in the Xinjiang region.
Reuters
* Businesses that serve Muslims in Christchurch closing in wake of massacre <[link removed]>
One supermarket has shut and another is struggling to stay viable.
The Guardian
** Latest from the NSS
* Calls for parliamentary prayers review after MP compelled to attend <[link removed]>
An MP has called for a review of the practice of holding parliamentary prayers after being effectively forced to attend.
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