NEWS / Statement from National Safeguarding Adviser.

NEWS / 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 / Archbishop Commissions Independent Review of Peter Ball Case

STATEMENT / Statement issued by the National Safeguarding Team. 

Following the conviction of Robert Bailey last year and criticism of the reference supplied by the Bishop of Carlisle, James Newcome, the National Safeguarding Team, NST, carried out an investigation into the bishop’s conduct according to House of Bishops guidelines.

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