Leaflets being handed out to members on Tuesday branded the Church’s attitude and processes to date a ‘safeguarding failure’.
The morning included a time of prayer, including for Pope Francis’ quick recovery from the respiratory illness that has ...
The Synod is sitting for its first session since the resignation of the archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, after ...
The Archbishop of York will deliver the opening address to General Synod today as he fights to hold onto his senior position ...
THE General Synod stopped short of transferring all safeguarding functions to an external organisation, at least in the short term, after a charged debate on Tuesday. After hours of discussion, all ...
After a series of abuse scandals, survivors had hoped The Church of England would outsource its handling of future allegations. But today the annual meeting of the General Synod, the church governing ...
The General Synod has voted to transfer most of the Church of England's national safeguarding staff to a new independent body ...
The Church of England's governing body has voted against a fully independent safeguarding body for dealing with abuse cases.
The Church’s parliament is meeting for five days this week following a turbulent few months for its leadership.
The two models for independent safeguarding are being presented to Synod – the Church’s parliament – following reviews in recent years by former chairwoman of the national Independent ...