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.

Press: IICSA is wrong to think that religions are unique

THIS week was mainly stories illustrating that religion is, for the papers, something that other people do

10 Sep 2021

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

RELIGIOUS organisations demonstrate “blatant hypocrisy and moral failings” in purporting to teach right from wrong, yet failing to prevent or respond to child sexual abuse, the latest report from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) says

03 Sep 2021

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

NEW regulations for the National Register of Clergy contain a loophole, whereby clergy who were suspended, or who had “stepped back from ministry” before the Regulations came into effect in May, could be included in the list of authorised clergy, the director of a safeguarding charity has suggested

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

UK news in brief

07 May 2021

General Synod digest: members hear Church’s progress on IICSA recommendations

30 Apr 2021

General Synod digest: Churchwardens added to new safeguarding legislation

30 Apr 2021

C of E will comply fully with IICSA recommendations on safeguarding

29 Mar 2021

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Education: Who gets a platform in universities?

Is speech free in higher education, or not free enough? Simon Perfect investigates

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What the C of E can learn from the police

Withdrawing resources from local communities results in loss of trust and confidence, argues Alan Billings

Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA)

Press: IICSA is wrong to think that religions are unique

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

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

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

Perpetrators of child abuse use similar grooming tactics, IICSA reports

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

Synod will hear update on safeguarding progress

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

UK news in brief

General Synod digest: members hear Church’s progress on IICSA recommendations

General Synod digest: Churchwardens added to new safeguarding legislation

C of E will comply fully with IICSA recommendations on safeguarding

Most Popular

Choristers reveal how music heals

Jordan Peterson describes his difficulties with Christianity

Dave Walker

The love affair with the parish — has it ended?

What the C of E can learn from the police

Bishop of Ebbsfleet quits to go over to Rome

Jordan Peterson describes his difficulties with Christianity

Review recommends Bishop step back in ‘dysfunctional’ diocese

‘Focal’. ‘Oversight’. The C of E of the future

C of E review proposes new body to take over (almost) every central church function

Job of the Week

Vicar

London and Home Counties

Appointments

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North West

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North West

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Yorkshire and Lincs

Minister/Vicar

London and Home Counties

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Education: Who gets a platform in universities?

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