Anglican synod revives practice of stripping holy orders from clergy for life – similar to Catholic Church system ...

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 ...

The Church of England's failure to adopt a fully independent safeguarding model was a missed opportunity to make clear it has ...

The Church of England has voted to increase oversight of abuse complaints - but safeguarding will not be fully independent.

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

There was a sense in the chamber that the Church of England has finally recognised the seriousness of the harm that has been ...

The Church of England's governing body has rejected a fully independent safeguarding model to deal with abuse cases. General ...

The Church of England risks further crisis if it fails to adopt a sweeping new independent system to keep people safe, the ...

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

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

A Church of England vote which delays fully independent safeguarding has been branded a “punch in the gut” for victims of ...