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.

Related news and views on the Inquiry is also published here.

Wrong approach for forgiveness

Jesus’s words on the cross have been misunderstood, argues Stephen Cherry

28 Mar 2024

Varied responses to Jay report on Church of England safeguarding

RESPONSES to the Jay report on the future of Church of England safeguarding were uncertain about how and when its recommendations might be implemented

23 Feb 2024

Safeguarding concerns about Mike Pilavachi substantiated, review concludes

THE founder of Soul Survivor, Canon Mike Pilavachi, exhibited “coercive and controlling behaviour” that led to inappropriate relationships, the physical wrestling of youths, and the massaging of young male interns, the Church of England’s safeguarding investigation has concluded

07 Sep 2023

Traditionalists argue that confession should be exempt from mandatory reporting of abuse

16 Aug 2023

Professor Jay asks: What sort of independent safeguarding body do you want for the Church?

15 Aug 2023

Opinion: Clarity needed about confession

21 Jul 2023

Professor Alexis Jay appointed to sort out Church of England’s safeguarding

20 Jul 2023

New Clergy Conduct Measure to get its first airing in Synod

27 Jun 2023

Church of England decline is ‘a personal failure’ — Archbishop of Canterbury bares his soul

13 Jun 2023

IICSA chair and abuse survivors dismayed by Government’s response

23 May 2023

Several bishops ‘failed to act’ after Devamanikkam abuse was disclosed, review finds

11 May 2023

Not all about sex: agenda of the next General Synod outlined

20 Jan 2023