General Synod

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.

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