The Latest Breaking News from Freemasonry

Three bodies representing Freemasons had sought to take legal action against the force at the High Court

Since December, officers and staff have been required to declare membership of any organisation that is ‘hierarchical, has confidential membership and requires members to support and protect each other’

Move comes amid fears that requirement for Freemasons to ‘protect each other’ could lead to corruption

Freemasons swear an oath of loyalty to the fraternity's principles and to supporting fellow members

An officers’ group has questioned whether the move would infringe officers’ human rights.

Consultation comes after concerns raised about impact of membership on ‘investigations, promotions and misconduct’

Sir Mark Rowley acts on policy as damaging revelations set to appear in undercover BBC documentary

An unusual and fascinating new book has been written by two anthropologists, called Conspiracy Narratives from Postcolonial Africa: Freemasonry, Homosexuality, and Illicit Enrichment. It explores an ongoing conspiracy theory in Cameroon and neighbouring Gabon that corrupt elites spread homosexuality through their connections to secret orders like the Freemasons. They trace…

Anti-Masonic prejudice goes back to the Nazis — and well before that. Somehow the QAnon cult has reanimated it