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.

Abolish right to remove children from sex-education classes, urges abuse survivor

PARENTS should not be allowed to remove children from age-appropriate sex-education classes on religious grounds, a survivor of child sexual abuse in a church context has said

30 Apr 2020

General Synod digest: Action promised on safeguarding

THE General Synod responded to the interim Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) report, published last year

21 Feb 2020

Synod accepts that ‘serious money’ must be found for abuse survivors

CALLS for “proper” and “just” redress for survivors of clerical abuse, with “serious money”, were made in an emotional debate on safeguarding in the General Synod on Wednesday morning

12 Feb 2020

Settlement reduction ‘unethical and unfair’, says abuse survivor

07 Feb 2020

Safeguarding amendments to give Synod motion ‘more teeth’ are rejected

06 Feb 2020

Dioceses to dig deeper into their safeguarding history

28 Jan 2020

‘As a survivor, I believe that by talking out, I may be able to help others’

17 Jan 2020

Bishops shamed by BBC documentary

15 Jan 2020

BBC to air two-part documentary about Bishop Ball’s abuse

11 Jan 2020

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Devamanikkam review challenged by survivor

25 Nov 2019

I failed abuse victim, Cardinal Nichols admits at IICSA hearing

08 Nov 2019

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