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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Aine Fox

Authority over death belongs to God alone, Church of England leader warns

The Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell addressed Synod members on Friday (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Archive)

Authority over death belongs to God only, the Church of England’s parliament has been told as its current highest-ranking bishop spoke out against assisted dying.

Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell praised a colleague and member of the House of Lords for her “principled and persistent opposition” to proposed legislation being considered at Westminster.

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