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Catholic bishop demands urgent change to succession law

A Scottish bishop has criticised Prime Minister David Cameron for failing to act quickly to scrap the law preventing Catholics from taking the throne.

Joseph Devine, Bishop of Motherwell, said the Act of Settlement was a "scandalous" law that discriminated against members of his faith.

The act was passed by the English parliament in 1701 and extended to Scotland after the union.

It applies in countries where the Queen is head of state.

The Act of Settlement bars any Catholic or anyone married to a Catholic from ascending the throne....
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