Catholic Care forced to abandon exemption hopes
The Charity Tribunal has ruled that Catholic Care cannot be exempt from anti-discrimination law and does not agree that the charity has no option other than closure.
Back in the October 2010 issue of Caritas, the previous stages of the long-running saga (December 2008 to April 2011) were summarised by Michael King and Fraser Simpson from Stone King. They said it was, in their “respectful view”, entirely possible for Catholic adoption agencies to implement, after careful thought, “an open door policy, to comply with the regulations and yet to think of themselves as pursuing the mission of the Church towards children in need of adoptive parents”.
A more in-depth analysis of this latest decision can be found at: www.charitiesdirect.com/caritas-magazine/equality-wins-the-day-in-latest-catholic-care-decision-993.html
Author: Clarissa Dann
Clarissa Dann was the editor of Caritas as well as an HR and management online service,he People Bulletin until July 2011.
She is now the editor of the specialist trade finance magazine, Trade and Forfaiting Review which can be viewed at www.tfreview.com but does write on charity finance and investment from time to time.
Clarissa has a background in legal and professional publishing, as well as business journalism and holds an MBA from
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