Church of England missed opportunity to show victims heard, says bishop

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Obispas Lead Combating Sexual Violence in Church of England

London. The Church of England, immersed in a crisis of several cases of sexual violence, concluded this Friday its general synod, which showed that the bishops are at the forefront of this issue, demanding more strict responsibilities and rules to protect the victims.The Church of England, the national religious institution, which has King Charles III as leader, met this week in a general synod to discuss how to respond to cases of sexual assaul…

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Church of England missed opportunity to show victims heard, says bishop

The Church of England's governing body rejected a fully independent safeguarding model on Tuesday.

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Church of England Synod votes on next steps for independent safeguarding

Members approved a motion (amended) that endorses ‘Model 3′ first while doing further work on ‘Model 4’ (both models are outlined in the Future of Church Safeguarding Synod paper). The approved motion includes: Setting up an external scrutiny body, which is likely to be on a statutory basis in order to give it “teeth” and so would require legislation Transfer of most functions currently delivered by the National Safeguarding Team (NST) – except…

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Safeguarding vote – reactions

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Safeguarding vote brings disappointment, pain — and cautious optimism

DISAPPOINTMENT and dismay at the General Synod's decision not to outsource the Church of England’s safeguarding work immediately were mingled with a plea not to be too pessimistic, as bishops and survivors responded to Tuesday’s vote. “I think the...