Gavin Drake reports on the case before an Employment Tribunal of Rev Mark Sharpe who was forced to leave his Worcestershire parish. The outcome of the case could change the status of clergy within the Church of England. The Sunday Programme, BBC Radio 4
Month: November 2011
QC: ‘Spirit of Trollope is alive’
A leading ecclesiastical lawyer has suggested that “the spirit of Trollope is alive and well in the Church of England.” Geoffrey Tattersall QC made the admission on the second day of a week-long preliminary hearing at an employment tribunal in Birmingham. The tribunal, chaired by A. J. McCarry, is being asked to decide whether the […]
MPs investigate whether UK Christians are marginalised
A committee of MPs are quizing senior church reprepsentatives about whether Christians face discrimination. The cross party group is chaired by the Conservative MP Gary Streeter and the inquiry has been inspired by well publicised cases in which Christians have apparently been discriminated against in their working lives. The Sunday Programme, BBC Radio 4