Petition: Remove the automatic right of bishops to sit in the House of Lords
By refusing to act in a moral way, the Church of England bishops, as a group, have abrogated their automatic right to seats in the House of Lords.
Archbishops’ Council
An open letter to the State Office Holders who are Church Commissioners
The Church of England is not a safe place. Bishops are protected by a system that silences victims and survivors of church-related abuse.
All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God – except bishops, obviously
Why is action only being taken against priests? What about the bishops criticised in the Makin Review?
An open letter to the Chair and Chief Executive of the Charity Commission
The question that I, and many others I am in contact with, want answered is this: Why on earth has the Charity Commission not launched a formal statutory inquiry into the working of the Archbishops’ Council and its safeguarding failings?
Church of England refuses to answer Parliamentary questions on safeguarding
“It is not the practice of the Church Commissioners to disclose expenditure on [bishops’ legal] costs”
Open letter to William Nye, Archbishops’ Council’s Secretary General
With you at the helm, the Church of England has become a more dangerous place. It will not, and can not, improve its safeguarding with you at the helm.
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s resignation won’t make the Church of England a safer place
I am aware of more safeguarding failures and poor safeguarding judgments by Stephen Cottrell. And if anybody thinks the Church of England will be a safer place with him as the sole Metropolitan has to think again.
Finally – a glimpse of some good news for Church of England safeguarding (Nazir Afzal)
Do the Archbishops’ Council understand what they’r letting themselves in for by appointing Nazir Afzal as National Safeguarding Panel chair?
Archbishops’ Council ignored chances to fix safeguarding risk assessment loophole
The Archbishops’ Council and the Archbishops of Canterbury and York said that they’ll address concerns raised in a two-year investigation by BBC’s religion editor, Aleem Maqbool, through the draft Clergy Conduct Measure and new Clergy Risk Assessment Regulations. But both pieces of legislation progressed through the General Synod last month without anything in them to address an issue which, in February 2023, Synod was told needed to be addressed urgently.
Archbishops’ Council lies about GMC in battle for secret clergy discipline tribunals
To ensure continuing secrecy of Church of England tribunals, the Archbishops’ Council falsely states that GMC hearings are held in private.