Unless you have been living under a rock, you will be aware that safeguarding has been a deeply contentious issue in the ...

The Synod is sitting for its first session since the resignation of the archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, after ...

Members of the Church of England’s parliament have voted for more independent oversight of the way it handles abuse ...

The General Synod has voted to transfer most of the Church of England's national safeguarding staff to a new independent body ...

Members of the Church of England’s General Synod have voted against a plan to independently manage safeguarding.

The Archbishop of York will deliver the opening address to General Synod today as he fights to hold onto his senior position ...

Leaflets being handed out to members on Tuesday branded the Church’s attitude and processes to date a ‘safeguarding failure’.

After a series of abuse scandals, survivors had hoped The Church of England would outsource its handling of future allegations. But today the annual meeting of the General Synod, the church governing ...

A fifth of General Synod members voted to block the Most Rev Stephen Cottrell from delivering his opening speech at Monday’s Synod gathering in London. In a provocative move, a lay Synod member ...

Sam Margrave, a lay member of General Synod, submitted formal requests to suspend proceedings and move to the next business, ...

The Church of England's governing body has voted against a fully independent safeguarding body for dealing with abuse cases.

The general synod had been asked to consider using alternatives to traditional bread and wine used in communion amid claims that people who cannot eat gluten or consume alcohol were being excluded ...