Parliament explicitly asked for draft rules.
They were not provided.
That alone should have stopped the Clergy Conduct Measure in its tracks.
Why this matters — and why it’s not a technicality.
Secrecy in the Church of England isn’t accidental. It’s procedural.
I’ve launched a series of background briefings to document how power is structured, how scrutiny is limited, and why survivors keep hitting the same walls.
Read why ⬇️
Two dioceses. Two safeguarding failures. The regulator has spoken — but the Church still deflects, disagrees, and delays. It’s time for independent, statutory safeguarding.
The regulator has spoken: safeguarding in the Church of England is failing, and trustees are now on notice. Real reform needs real accountability at the top.
Has the Church of Engalnd used its safeguarding “watershed moment” to put things right and to learn the lessons it has previously ignored?
Clive was one of the good guys who used his position to advance the cause of victims and survivors of church-based abuse.
If Synod does the right thing next week, victims, survivors, advocates and campaigners won’t have to continue being “shouty campaigners”.
Synod members: Be bold. Stand up and say “NO MORE”. Don’t be complicit in the ongoing re-abuse of victims and survivors.
The opportunity remains: Archbishop Cottrell, will you act on your words and promise of accountability or not?
Marsha de Cordova is happy to speak off script. She won’t accept everything she’s told. She’ll be a challenge, as well as a mouthpiece.