Former IICSA chair to sort out safeguarding in the Church of England

Jul 21, 2023 by

from Religion Media Centre: Professor Alexis Jay, the former chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, IICSA, and the former IICSA secretary John O’Brien, have agreed to develop proposals for a fully independent...

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Church of England safeguarding chair resigns

Jul 13, 2023 by

from Religion Media Centre: Meg Munn, the acting chair of the Church of England’s Independent Safeguarding Board and chair of the church’s national safeguarding panel has resigned. This follows weeks of chaos after two members of the ISB...

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Why is the Church silencing victims?

Jul 11, 2023 by

by Giles Fraser, UnHerd: The Archbishops’ Council has given up on safeguarding. My small children, being Hebrew speakers, call me abba. Originally Aramaic, the language of the Lord’s Prayer — “Our Father, which art in heaven” — abba...

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Gavin Drake accuses Business Committee of ‘manipulating’ Synod and resigns his membership

Jul 11, 2023 by

by Francis Martin, Church Times: A PROMINENT General Synod member, Gavin Drake, has resigned, saying that “manipulation” of synodical process had prevented the Synod on Monday from hearing a motion calling for an independent inquiry into...

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Extraordinary scenes at Synod as sacked ISB members are given a hearing

Jul 10, 2023 by

by Hattie Williams, Church Times: THE two sacked members of the Church’s now-disbanded Independent Safeguarding Board (ISB) have told the General Synod that they were “silenced” by the Archbishops’ Council for being “too independent” —...

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Bishop of Stepney: ‘My fury when safeguarding is done badly’

Jul 5, 2023 by

by Francis Martin, Church Times: Dr Grenfell, the Church’s new lead bishop for safeguarding, talks to Francis Martin. PERSISTING with the Independent Safeguarding Board (ISB) was not in the “best interests of independence or scrutiny or...

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