Statements regarding BBC File on Four Blackburn Cathedral case
 

Church of England response to BBC File on Four Programme relating to the David Tudor, a priest who was prohibited from ministry for life in October. 

Read the opening statement on behalf of the Archbishops’ Council as part of the IICSA hearing into Peter Ball.

Report on National Safeguarding Steering Group meeting January 2023

General Synod today voted to endorse key priorities for action on safeguarding, focusing on themes which came out of the first set of hearings, in March, by IICSA (Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse) into the ‘Anglican Church’.

The independent report into the Church's handling of its 2007-9 Past Cases Review, PCR, has been published today.

Work is underway in all 42 dioceses on the Church of England's Past Cases Review 2 (PCR2) with a key focus on listening to survivors who want to come forward. The Church was criticised for not including their voices in the original PCR 2007/8 as shown in an independent scrutiny report, published in 2018.

NEWS / Statement on the sentencing of Peter Ball.

NEWS / Statement from National Safeguarding Adviser.

NEWS / Archbishop Commissions Independent Review of Peter Ball Case