The carer, who has cared for more than 80 children during a ten-year period, was banned when officials at the council in the north of England ruled that she had failed in her duty to protect the girl's religion.
A spokesman for charity The Christian Institute, which is funding the woman's challenge to the decision, said the Muslim girl, who was 16 at the time of her conversion, had been offered transportation to her local mosque by the carer, but had insisted that she wished to convert to Christianity.
He added that the carer had spoken to social services about the girl's wish to become a Christian, and that social services told the girl that she was free to convert if she wanted to.
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