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“An episcopal giant”: a stone in Rochester Cathedral commemorating the Rt Revd David Say, Bishop of Rochester 1961-1988, was dedicated on Saturday © not advert
“An episcopal giant”: a stone in Rochester Cathedral commemorating the Rt Revd David Say, Bishop of Rochester 1961-1988, was dedicated on Saturday

Mistrust destroys society, says Neuberger
BARONESS Julia Neuberger, who chairs the independent Commission on the Future of Volunteering, has warned that mistrust destroys society, in a contribution to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s series on social evils. Society’s fear of sexual predators was deterring people from working with young people, in case they are seen as paedophiles. She said that there were now no male teachers under 25 working in state-run nurseries in England. “We restrict and we regulate, hoping to make abuse impossible, while knowing that we cannot. And that way, we deter the willing and the kind.” www.socialevils.org.uk

New Kenyan bishop called from Hereford
THE Revd Moses Masamba Nthukah, aged 44, who is currently working in the Archenfield group of parishes in Hereford diocese, has been elected the next Bishop of Mbeere, in Kenya. Mr Nthukah, who was ordained priest in 1994, has been working in Hereford diocese since 2000 while he completes his doctorate in theology from Lampeter University.

Water petition tops PM’s poll
THE PETITION on the Prime Minister’s website calling on him to ask water companies to treat churches as charities when levying water-rates for water running off their land, has moved to the top of the list of nearly 5000 petitions (News, 9 May). It now has more than 35,000 names. The petition, www.petitions.pm.gov.uk/ChurchWaterBills, was started by David Boddy. The new charging policy has the backing of the water regulator, Ofwat, which is chaired by Philip Fletcher, a member of the Archbishops’ Council.

Evangelicals should be bold
THE Revd Joel Edwards, the outgoing director of the Evangelical Alliance, has challenged Evangelicals to be bold, in a farewell speech to the Alliance council. “Will we be bland or bold? Opinion-shapers, or servants of an old Evangelical con­sensus? he asked. He hopes the Alliance will not be known for its concern for a privileged place for Christians.

Correction: in “Cathedrals give schools a ruff time” (Education, 19 September), we wrongly attributed the Seeds of Hope Children’s Garden to Gloucester Cathedral. The garden is in Guildford Cathedral.



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