St Margaret's Children and Family Care Society had been told by the Scottish Charity regulator it was to lose its status over its refusal to offer its services
A Glasgow-based adoption Agency run by the Catholic Church in Scotland has won an appeal against a decision to strip it of its charitable status.
St Margaret's Children and Family Care Society had been told by the Scottish Charity regulator it was to lose its status over its refusal to place children with same-sex couples. This decision has now been overturned by the Scottish Charity Appeals Panel. President of the National Secular Society Terry Sanderson tells Premier he's shocked by the decision:
A spokesman for St Margaret's said: "We are delighted and relieved that the threat hanging over us has been lifted. Our only wish is to continue to do the good work for which we have been recognised by the authorities, of placing children in need of families with loving parents."
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