Richard Scorer, a specialist child abuse lawyer at
Slater & Gordon draws attention to organisations seeking more
lenient treatment over child abuse-connected matters because they are
religious and makes the case for no concessions being given.
Which
is more important: religious freedom, or safeguarding children from
abuse? Should churches and religious organisations be exempt from
secular standards of child protection? Two recent court cases involving
the Jehovah's Witnesses raise this issue in its starkest form.