The French scrapped theirs during the Revolution in 1789, the UK in the 1850s and Jersey in 1951, but in Guernsey the Ecclesiastical Court remains and continues to play its finances close to its chest. The Guernsey Press has pushed for the court’s accounts to be released and in Nick Mann’s opinion, publication would enable an open discussion about its operation. Nobody should fear this – although of course islanders may not like what they see...
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