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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sally Weale Education correspondent

C of E procedures on racial injustice ‘inadequate’, says Cambridge college

The memorial to 17th-century benefactor Tobias Rustat in the chapel of Jesus College, Cambridge
The memorial to 17th-century benefactor Tobias Rustat in the chapel of Jesus College, Cambridge. Photograph: Chris Radburn/AFP/Getty Images

The Church of England’s procedures for addressing issues of racial injustice and contested heritage are “inadequate” and “not fit for purpose”, according to the head of Jesus College at the University of Cambridge.

The damning assessment was made as the college ruled out an appeal against a church court judgment preventing the removal of a memorial in its chapel to 17th-century benefactor Tobias Rustat, who was involved with the slave trade.

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