The Bishop of Exeter, the Rt Revd Michael Langrish, welcomed the greater clarity provided by the DPP’s guidelines, “so long as there can be confidence that it will not in pracÂtice lead to an erosion of respect for the present law”. The C of E would make a formal response in due course, he said.
The RC Archbishop of Cardiff, the Most Revd Peter Smith, said that the law against assisted suicide “gives expression to a profound moral inÂtuition about the value of every human life”. He conceded that not every criminal case should be prosÂecuted. “There can indeed be a parÂtiÂcular combination of circumstances which will justify in a specific case a decision not to prosecute, in the public interest.” But he welcomed the assurance that the present law would still be applied.
The campaigning group Dignity in Dying hailed the guidance as “a breakthrough”.
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Church Times: Churches fear guide on assisted suicide will undermine law
The Bishop of Exeter, the Rt Revd Michael Langrish, welcomed the greater clarity provided by the DPP’s guidelines, “so long as there can be confidence that it will not in pracÂtice lead to an erosion of respect for the present law”. The C of E would make a formal response in due course, he said.
The RC Archbishop of Cardiff, the Most Revd Peter Smith, said that the law against assisted suicide “gives expression to a profound moral inÂtuition about the value of every human life”. He conceded that not every criminal case should be prosÂecuted. “There can indeed be a parÂtiÂcular combination of circumstances which will justify in a specific case a decision not to prosecute, in the public interest.” But he welcomed the assurance that the present law would still be applied.
The campaigning group Dignity in Dying hailed the guidance as “a breakthrough”.
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