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

The Archbishop of York has apologised to the Church of England’s parliament for ever “completely unintentionally” having been ...

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

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

The General Synod voted to transfer national staff overseeing abuse response to an external body but not parish and diocese officials ...

The debate at the Church’s Synod saw rapper Eminem quoted by Archbishop of York during a call to encourage more working class ...

Members of the Church of England’s General Synod have voted against a plan to independently manage safeguarding. Bishop Joanne Grenfell, the Church’s safeguarding lead, had put forward a ...

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