The Church’s General Synod gathered on Monday for the first time since the resignation of Justin Welby following safeguarding ...

Members of the Church of England’s parliament have voted for more independent oversight of the way it handles abuse ...

The Church of England has voted to increase oversight of safeguarding measures - but stopped short of creating an independent ...

November 7 The independent review by Keith Makin into the Church of England’s handling of allegations of serious abuse by the ...

There was a sense in the chamber that the Church of England has finally recognised the seriousness of the harm that has been ...

JOHANNESBURG — The Anglican Church leadership in South Africa has admitted to failing to disclose sexual abuse allegations against its former member John Smyth, who mistreated children in the ...

John Smyth, who died in 2018 ... Smyth moved to Zimbabwe with his wife and four children from Winchester in England in 1984, two years after a report, which was not made public at the time ...

The inquiry found that the Church of England covered up “horrific” abuse by Smyth, with the 251-page report saying he had abused 30 boys and young men in the UK and 85 in Africa over five decades.

The Anglican Church leadership in South Africa has admitted to failing to disclose sexual abuse allegations against its former member John ... of England covered up “horrific” abuse by Smyth ...