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01/05/2020
The Domestic Abuse Bill returned to the Commons for its second reading this week, a reminder to think and act for those who during the COVID-19 restrictions are in lockdown with the very people who may cause them harm. The Bishop of of London, Sarah Mullally, highlights the issue in her latest blog .
Bishop Sarah is a member of the National Safeguarding Steering Group
1 min readArchbishop Commissions Independent Review of Peter Ball Case
05/10/2015
NEWS / Archbishop Commissions Independent Review of Peter Ball Case
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Archbishops Council IICSA Opening Statement
01/07/2019
STATEMENT / Archbishops Council IICSA Opening Statement
13 min readArchbishops’ Council oral closing submission for Peter Ball case study
27/07/2018
NEWS / A transcript of the oral closing submission from the Archbishops' Council for the Peter Ball case study as part if the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) on 27 July 2018.
9 min readBBC Panorama
26/04/2019
STATEMENT / BBC Panorama this Monday (April 29) will feature interviews with survivors of church-related abuse in a programme entitled 'Scandal in the Church of England'.
1 min readBBC2 documentary on Peter Ball
07/01/2020
The BBC has confirmed it is screening a documentary on the Peter Ball case.
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Bishop of Bristol to take up national safeguarding role
29/07/2020
The Bishop of Bristol, Bishop Viv Faull has been appointed a deputy lead bishop for safeguarding, with a focus on liaison with diocesan bishops on behalf of the National Safeguarding Steering Group (NSSG) and with the wider Anglican Communion, and to speak on safeguarding in the House of Lords.
2 min readBishop of Chichester statement following article in Brighton Argus
03/02/2016
NEWS / The Bishop of Chichester, Dr Martin Warner, has issued the following statement following an article published in the Brighton Argus Newspaper.
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