C of E’s £100m plan to address historical links to slavery faces legal challenge

C of E’s £100m plan to address historical links to slavery faces legal challenge

The Church of England’s Project Spire, a £100 million reparative justice initiative addressing the denomination’s historical connections to enslavement, has encountered a legal challenge. The project was established following 2023 research into Queen Anne’s Bounty, a church endowment fund dating to 1704. Investigations revealed that the fund had invested in the South Sea Company, which transported more than 34,000 enslaved people across the Atla…