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Angela Tilby: Clarity about ‘fornication’ is needed now

Angela Tilby: Clarity about ‘fornication’ is needed now

Thursday, April 16, 2026
THE Church of England has recognised the wrong done to many unmarried mothers in the post-war years. In the moralising atmosphere of that time, they were made to carry a weight of guilt and shame. Sex outside marriage was taboo, and many young mot...