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Church slave trade links report prompts £100m funding to ‘address past wrongs’

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The Church of England has committed £100m to a fund it is setting up to compensate for its historical benefit from the international slave trade.

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BBC News

Church of England announces £100m fund after slavery links

It is "time to take action to address our shameful past," says the Archbishop of Canterbury.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

C of E setting up £100m fund to ‘address past wrongs’ of slave trade links

Church to back community projects to compensate for financially benefiting from chattel slavery

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Church slave trade links report prompts £100m funding to ‘address past wrongs’

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said: ‘I am deeply sorry for these links. It is now time to take action to address our shameful past.’

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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Daily Express

Welby says Church of England will pay £100m over 'past slavery wrongs'

The Church of England is to pay £100m compensation for its 'shameful' links to slavery back in 1704. And UK parish churches, cathedrals and dioceses also have to 'address' their own connections with the slave trade.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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Daily Mirror

Church of England apologises for slavery as it was a 'shameful and horrific sin'

Commissioners of the church, including the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, looked into their history and involvement in the slave trade and said its connection to it caused "great dismay

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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