victims of abuse
My interests include being a non-executive director (“expert by experience”) for Safe Spaces England and Wales, I support victims of abuse and believe the Church must continue to strengthen independence, transparency and accountability in safeguarding practice at every level, not just with parish clergy.
e Lay member of the Church of England Liturgical Commission and contributed to prayers for victims of abuse and racial justice
A safer church where the vulnerable are protected from harm and exploitation and which responds to survivors and victims of abuse.
The shock of the Makin review on John Smyth is still reverberating around the Synod and new evidence keeps coming to light of yet more victims of abuse by church
Safeguarding and ensuring that the Church takes seriously its responsibility to protect the vulnerable and to redress the damage inflicted on victims of abuse
The Church of England has got this badly wrong in the past and it’s important that we support the victims of abuse and ensure robust processes are in place for the future.
in the Church of England at all levels but no evidence has been produced that the confessional has allowed abuse to go on undetected and removal of the seal would make victims of abuse less likely to seek counsel in this way.