Read safeguarding news and views from the National Safeguarding Team.
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Response to Lord Justice Goddard announcement
27/11/2015
NEWS / Response to Lord Justice Goddard announcement.
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Statement on the Rt. Revd George Bell, 1883 -1958
22/10/2015
NEWS / Statement on the Rt. Revd George Bell (1883 -1958).
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Statement on the sentencing of Peter Ball
07/10/2015
NEWS / Statement on the sentencing of Peter Ball.
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Archbishop Commissions Independent Review of Peter Ball Case
05/10/2015
NEWS / Archbishop Commissions Independent Review of Peter Ball Case
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Statement on conviction of Bishop Peter Ball
08/09/2015
NEWS / Statement from the Rt Revd Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham, lead bishop on safeguarding.
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Statement on Enoch Powell
30/03/2015
NEWS / In June 2014 one of the Church of England's safeguarding advisers contacted the Police with information concerning individuals against whom allegations had been made to a priest in the 1980s.
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Church of England announces new full-time National Safeguarding Adviser
17/11/2014
NEWS / The Rt Revd Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham today announced the appointment of a new full-time National Safeguarding Adviser for the Church of England.
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Statement on "Safe Space" proposal
11/08/2014
NEWS / In May of this year the Rt. Revd. Paul Butler, the Bishop of Durham, who is the lead Church of England Bishop for safeguarding, initiated some early-stage work with an external safeguarding consultant to develop plans for a 'Safe Space' for reconciliation for survivors of abuse.
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Statement from Bishop of Durham on Government announcement on child abuse inquiries
08/07/2014
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.
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