Month: October 2007
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State Church Concealed Child Abuse
The British state church has been accused of “an appalling, shocking level of negligence” by a lawyer who specialises in child abuse cases. The claim, reported in the Daily Telegraph, followed the leaking of confidential Church of England documents that say that its bishops have concealed decades of child abuse. One document quoted by the…
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Over Half Canadians Against Monarchy – Commonwealth Race On
The New Zealand Republican Movement has declared the race on amongst Commonwealth countries to remove the monarchy and become republics in the Commonwealth. Australia is set to hold another referendum on the issue, support in Canada has topped 50% and in Jamaica a clear electoral mandate for reform has been given to the new government.…
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Spanish Monarchy Under Attack
Nationalist attacks on the Spanish monarchy are putting national unity under pressure. Catalan nationalists have begun to protest against the feudal institution and have declared that they will campaign for its abolition as well as for independence for Catalonia. The Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) nationalist party told the Financial Times that it was burning…