The Archbishop of York survived a vote of no confidence, and synod members backed a compromise that places the church’s national safeguarding team under independent oversight while leaving diocesan safeguarding in bishops’ hands.
A Panel of Inquiry faulted the church’s failure to pass on allegations about the serial abuser to an evangelical congregation he joined in 2014, and said that failures in implementing its safeguarding system leaves congregants at risk.
The Rt. Rev. Bev Mason of Warrington, who served with Perumbalath as the Diocese of Liverpool’s only suffragan, has revealed that she was the bishop who complained of sexual harassment.
Senior British police officers claim that Archbishop Justin Welby and other Church of England leaders properly reported accusations of John Smyth’s abuse to the police in 2013, challenging a key claim of the Makin Report, which resulted in the Archbishop of Canterbury’s resignation on November 12.
Archbishop Justin Welby's resignation comes five days after a long-awaited report on serial abuser John Smyth cast doubts on how Welby responded to that scandal.
A lengthy and grimly detailed report about the late John Smyth, whom Archbishop Justin Welby knew as a young man, has led to multiple calls for him to resign.
The Rev. Canon Andrew Hindley was subject to five police investigations for sexual impropriety and assessed as a major risk to young men, and only agreed to resign after receiving a six-figure payoff from the Church of England.
The Church of England’s General Synod has narrowly backed standalone services for blessing same-sex unions alongside a provision for conservative parishes to register for delegated episcopal oversight.
