Christian care workers may face sex dilemma

Nicola Laver  |  Features  |  legal eye
Date posted:  1 Jan 2022
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Readers need to know that in the foreseeable future, paid carers of adults who lack mental capacity could be expected to arrange visits with a sex worker.

Earlier this year, the Court of Protection handed down an alarming ruling that ought to concern Christians. The case shines a spotlight on the tensions between an individual’s human rights, the criminal law and Biblical sexual morality.

The Court of Protection is a specialist court in England and Wales, with the responsibility of safeguarding those who lack mental capacity to make their own decisions (‘protected persons’). A key function is to rule in disputes relating to a protected person.

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