Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA)

Read all reports on the evidence gathered from the public hearings conducted by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), in March and July 2018, and July 2019, on the extent to which the Anglican Church failed to protect children from sexual abuse.

 

Mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse comes a step closer after Church support

THE Archbishops of Canterbury and York have both, for the first time, publicly supported calls for mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse to the police and statutory authorities

19 Jul 2019

IICSA: I am ashamed and horrified, says Welby

THE Church must learn “to put actions behind the words” when supporting survivors of clerical abuse, “because ‘sorry’ is pretty cheap”, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said

19 Jul 2019

IICSA reprimands Ecclesiastical over earlier advice to C of E and evidence to Inquiry

THE Ecclesiastical Insurance Group (EIG) has been reprimanded by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) for refusing to provide key evidence — since come to light — which shows that it had advised the Church of England to “cease all contact” with a survivor

12 Jul 2019

General Synod: Bishop Hancock issues challenge on safeguarding

12 Jul 2019

IICSA: I am ashamed and horrified, says Welby

11 Jul 2019

Absolute power will corrupt bishops, says Sentamu

10 Jul 2019

Bishops not qualified to adjudicate on safeguarding cases, says Munn

09 Jul 2019

Laity need better safeguarding training, IICSA told

08 Jul 2019

Bishop Hancock challenges the Synod on safeguarding

07 Jul 2019

Church in Wales falls under IICSA’s scrutiny as Archbishop and Provincial Secretary are questioned

05 Jul 2019

IICSA: Canon Bursell renews plea to Parliament to render seal of confession obsolete

04 Jul 2019

Bishop of Chester tells IICSA that paedophile cleric was ‘penitent’

03 Jul 2019

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