Responses to Professor Jay’s church safeguarding report sought
by Francis Martin, Church Times:
A SURVEY has been launched to gauge responses to Professor Alexis Jay’s report on the future of safeguarding in the Church of England.
The survey was put online on Thursday, and will close on 18 April. Anyone “with an interest in safeguarding in the Church of England” is invited to take part.
The findings will be presented to the newly formed Response Group, which is charged with overseeing a consultation on Professor Jay’s recommendations, before proposals are put in front of the General Synod.
The full membership of the group has not yet been confirmed, but a provisional list of members, released before the February meeting of the General Synod, was criticised by one Synod member as including “people deeply enmeshed in the previous safeguarding structures” (Letters, 1 March).
Earlier this month, Church House advertised for a co-chair of the new group, to work alongside the lead bishop for safeguarding, the Bishop of Stepney, Dr Joanne Grenfell (News, 15 March).
The Jay report was released two days before the start of the February meeting of Synod, and recommended the creation of two new independent bodies: one to conduct the Church’s safeguarding work, and the other to oversee it (News, 21 February).
The report also recommended that the category of “spiritual abuse” should not be used in safeguarding training and guidance, and that mandatory reporting should be introduced on a legal footing.
Respondents to the survey are asked to what extent they agree with the recommendations, and what strengths and weaknesses they see in the proposals.
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