INEQE Safeguarding Group has been appointed by the Archbishops’ Council to carry out the next round of independent external audits of Church of England dioceses and cathedrals, starting in January 2024.

NEWS / The outcomes of four pilot independent audits into safeguarding arrangements in the Church of England have been published today.

The INEQE Safeguarding Group has today published its first annual report into the independent audit work looking at safeguarding arrangements within Church of England dioceses and cathedrals.

First INEQE independent safeguarding audit report published

Statements regarding BBC File on Four Blackburn Cathedral case
 

Summary National Safeguarding Steering Group (NSSG) November 2023

Archbishops' Council report debate and presentation by chair of audit committee

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. 

Following a recent meeting with survivors of the abuse carried out by John Smyth QC, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has made the following the statement today: 

Report on National Safeguarding Steering Group meeting January 2023