RE seen as a scary nuisance, Bishop complains February 8, 2013 by Fulcrum THE Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Revd John Pritchard, has briefed the Bishops that, despite the Government's insistence that RE remains a legal requirement, its policies are sending the subject into "a spiral of decline". Margaret Holness. Church Times. 8 February 2013 FulcrumShareTweetShare