THE position of the Church of England’s lead safeguarding bishop is not something that I have sought lightly. While much has been done to strengthen safeguarding in our Church, these remain deeply challenging times, as we…
THERE will be no gaps in the support offered to survivors between the closure of the Interim Support Scheme (ISS) and the launch of the National Redress Scheme, the National Safeguarding Team has said. On Wednesday, a letter…
A COMPLAINT against the Archbishop of Canterbury has been dismissed by the President of Tribunals, who reviewed the complaint after an appeal. He concluded that it was “vexatious and ought not to have been brought”. Sir…
THE Church’s outsourcing of its safeguarding work to an independent body was endorsed overwhelmingly by the General Synod on the Wednesday afternoon, in a vote by 354-1 with three recorded abstentions.The Synod welcomed an…
ALLEGATIONS of abuse or “harmful behaviour” spanning three decades at St Andrew’s, Chorleywood, the Charismatic Evangelical church that launched New Wine and Soul Survivor, have prompted the diocese of St Albans to announce a…
A NEW model for quasi-independent safeguarding is on the General Synod’s agenda next month, as are urban poverty and the parliamentary ping-pong about the Clergy Conduct Measure.Much of the debate in the build-up to the…
AN ONLINE petition calling for an independent review of safeguarding and governance in the diocese of London speaks of “serious and ongoing safeguarding and governance failures” in the diocese, “which have caused deep harm to…
DESPITE “rebuilding from a low baseline”, current safeguarding practice in the diocese of Peterborough shows “progress being made”, an independent audit conducted by the INEQE Safeguarding Group has concluded. The report…
WHILE attention has naturally focused on her recommendation for independent structures, the “most egregious” issue reported by Professor Alexis Jay after an extensive consultation on the state of Church of England…
A VICAR in the diocese of Chelmsford has been barred from schoolteaching, and has stepped back from ministry, over his failure to report that a convicted sex offender in his congregation was in danger of breaching a…
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