The forthcoming closure of one of the world’s leading Catholic bioethics agencies means that the Church in Britain is losing one of its most major champions on such issues.
It was announced on 2 July that the Anscombe Bioethics Centre in Oxford is being closed by the Catholic Trust of England and Wales at the end of the month.
The centre was established n 1977 and is the oldest bioethical research institution in the United Kingdom.
One person closely tied to the centre said the decision “puts into jeopardy ongoing projects and collaborations”.
