After charity Watchdog launched a probe into complaints of a church elder sexually abusing girl children, the 53-year-old pedophile was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Devon Humanists have welcomed a new guidance for schools that includes the teaching of non-religious viewpoints alongside the teaching of Devon’s several faiths.
Former Vatican diplomat Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, who served as an ambassador to the Dominican Republic, was defrocked after being convicted of child sexual abuse.
In what is being considered a secular victory, the British government has banned the teaching of creationism as science in all free schools and academies in the country.