Comments on: An open letter to the State Office Holders who are Church Commissioners https://churchabuse.uk/2024/11/29/an-open-letter-to-the-state-office-holders-who-are-church-commissioners/ Highlight continuing safeguarding failures by the Church of England and its Archbishops’ Council Sun, 05 Jan 2025 00:00:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: james https://churchabuse.uk/2024/11/29/an-open-letter-to-the-state-office-holders-who-are-church-commissioners/#comment-311 Sun, 05 Jan 2025 00:00:05 +0000 https://churchabuse.uk/?p=287#comment-311 Fascinating! But also utterly ghastly! Police, teachers, NHS workers etc…will probably have the option of union advice on complaints, and the possibility of baseline legal support. But to have immediate (and paid upfront?) legal representation (fees undisclosed senior advice) just sounds plain barmy. If this is how the Church system works, then it explains lots of anomalies and problems. Bishops will surely be disincentivised from informally offering apologies, or accepting responsibility for errors and negligence. Whatever their guilt or innocence, there may be every incentive to hold out, and go into formal hearings.

]]> By: Elaine Richardson https://churchabuse.uk/2024/11/29/an-open-letter-to-the-state-office-holders-who-are-church-commissioners/#comment-241 Tue, 03 Dec 2024 16:15:24 +0000 https://churchabuse.uk/?p=287#comment-241 Safeguarding needs to be outsourced to a completely Independent professional body. The bishop of Newcastle’s letter demonstrates that the archbishops and bishops are 1) blatant in using their power, and 2) protecting each other, whilst disregarding review recommendations.
I would like to read the Rushton Review. Is it not in the public domain?
This just needs to stop.

]]> By: Religion news 2 December 2024 - Religion Media Centre https://churchabuse.uk/2024/11/29/an-open-letter-to-the-state-office-holders-who-are-church-commissioners/#comment-239 Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:01:44 +0000 https://churchabuse.uk/?p=287#comment-239 […] Drake, former Church of England synod member and campaigner on safeguarding issues, has written an open letter to six top politicians who are automatically church commissioners, urging them to investigate the […]

]]> By: Opinion – 30 November 2024 | Thinking Anglicans https://churchabuse.uk/2024/11/29/an-open-letter-to-the-state-office-holders-who-are-church-commissioners/#comment-237 Sat, 30 Nov 2024 11:08:30 +0000 https://churchabuse.uk/?p=287#comment-237 […] Gavin Drake Church Abuse An open letter to the State Office Holders who are Church Commissioners […]

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