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

A member of the Church’s parliament said his motion was ‘about sending a message to the nation and the Church’.

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 parliament have voted for more independent oversight of the way it handles abuse ...

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

The Church of England on Tuesday will take the first step towards overhauling its safeguarding system to make it independent ...

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’.

The Church of England on Tuesday stopped short of backing a fully independent safeguarding model to deal with abuse cases, ...

THE Church of England’s General Synod is set to gather on Monday for the first time since the archbishop of Canterbury’s ...

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 ...

Mr Cottrell, as Archbishop of York, is due to address the Church of England’s General Synod – also known as its parliament – in central London on Monday as it opens for the first of five ...