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NEWS / Following today's preliminary hearing held by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, chaired by Justice Goddard, the Church of England has issued the following statement.
The Anglican Church in England and Wales is one of 15 investigations being looked at by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, chaired by Professor Jay.
NEWS / Statement on Goddard Inquiry preliminary hearing.
A response to the publication of IICSA's final report
Comment from Bishop of Rochester Jonathan Gibbs, the Church of England’s lead bishop for safeguarding.
Read safeguarding news and views from the National Safeguarding Team.
A statement on the Independent Safeguarding Board (ISB)
NEWS / The Bishop of Durham, Paul Butler, Chair of the Churches National safeguarding committee, made the following comments to the Press Association in response to Home Secretary Theresa May's announcement yesterday that there will be two inquiries into alleged child abuse and cover up in Westminster in the 1970s and 80s.
The publication of the report of the public inquiry into child sex abuse in Telford, demands a response from all organisations working with children and young people, states bishops and national director of safeguarding.