Nick Baines

Second Circuit bars former priest’s defamation suit under church-autonomy doctrine

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has held that the First Amendment’s church-autonomy doctrine bars a defamation action brought by a former Russian Orthodox priest against the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia and its leaders. The decision, issued on 18...

Anglican Church deploys Ford Foundation grant to combat GBV across 122 Dioceses

The Anglican Compassion and Development Initiative (ACADI) has launched a sweeping internal mandate to enforce a zero-tolerance policy against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) within the Church of Nigeria. Backed by a strategic partnership with the Ford Foundation, the initiative exposes the uncomfortable reality of domestic...
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Bishop of Leeds presidential address to synod

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A statement by Bishop Nick Baines on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s resignation

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‘A forgotten conflict with no winners’ – Catholic and Anglican bishops on war in Sudan

Bishop Paul Swarbrick, the Bishops’ Conference’s Lead Bishop for Africa, and Bishop Nick Baines,...

Bishop of Leeds reflects on the unfolding tragedy in Ukraine

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Second Circuit bars former priest’s defamation suit under church-autonomy doctrine

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has held that the...

Anglican Church deploys Ford Foundation grant to combat GBV across 122 Dioceses

The Anglican Compassion and Development Initiative (ACADI) has launched a sweeping internal mandate to...

For many the world feels more unsafe and uncaring: Bishop Rosemarie reflects on Jason Arday’s death

The Prime Minister has called for a period of reflection in the wake of...

Clergy Discipline complaint against Bishop Paul Butler

At the commencement of the hearing before the Court of the Vicar General...