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.

Abuse-survivors recount lifelong trauma in IICSA’s online anthology

A SURVIVOR who, as a teenager, was groomed and raped by his parish priest for four years has called for a system of educating parents to help them respond well should their children ever disclose abuse

12 May 2022

IICSA report warns of particular safeguarding challenges at music and choir schools

MUSIC schools, including choir schools, present “particular challenges in terms of safeguarding”, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) warns in a new report on residential schools

11 Mar 2022

Bishop Mullally seeks to tackle ‘deficit of trust’ in Two Cities Area

THE Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, has acknowledged that a “deficit of trust” exists in the Two Cities Area since the death of Fr Alan Griffin

01 Oct 2021

Press: IICSA is wrong to think that religions are unique

10 Sep 2021

IICSA lambasts religious organisations for ‘egregious failings’ in child protection

03 Sep 2021

Safeguarding charity points to possible flaw in new National Register of Clergy regulations

13 Aug 2021

Analysis of abuse survivors’ Truth Project testimonies reveals mental-health concerns

09 Aug 2021

Perpetrators of child abuse use similar grooming tactics, IICSA reports

16 Jul 2021

Church is entering a season of action on safeguarding, says Gibbs

10 Jul 2021

Synod will hear update on safeguarding progress

25 Jun 2021

Archdeacon Conalty heads to Birkenhead with abuse-survivor’s backing

04 Jun 2021

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