UK RC bishops: Govt’s Equality Bill compromise is no good

Friday, 22 January 2010

The threat religious organisations face from the Equality Bill has not been reduced by the Government changing the wording, say the Roman Catholic bishops of England and Wales.

The bishops have criticised the Government’s refusal to listen to their concerns, and say the compromise it has offered does not do enough to protect the “moral integrity” of clergy and other Church employees.

The bishops’ concerns centre on a clause in the Bill which dramatically narrows religious organisations’ existing exemptions from employment equality laws. the rest