Master of Jesus College Sonita Alleyne defends decision to fight legal case despite court defeat

A Cambridge University college spent £120,000 on its failed attempt to remove a memorial in its chapel to a 17th-century benefactor who had extensive involvement in the slave trade, it has emerged.

Writing in the Guardian, Sonita Alleyne, the master of Jesus College, defended the decision to fight the case and criticised the “antiquated” church process that ended in defeat for the college.

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