Rejected petition Removal of ALL Religious Groups/Orders from Charitable Status, and that their accounts be made public

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To have the Charitable Status removed from all religious groups/orders, and for all said groups/orders provide detailed accounts regarding income/expenditure.
In terms of the work done helpping the homeless or starving etc other non-faith based charities are already doing this work.
The general public should be fully aware of where the religious organisations have been spending/investing money that has been raised/collected, and where it has come from.

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Date submitted 4 August 2011
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