Unless you have been living under a rock, you will be aware that safeguarding has been a deeply contentious issue in the ...

The Synod is sitting for its first session since the resignation of the archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, after ...

Members of the General Synod of the Church of England were under pressure as they began a week-long meeting in London ...

The General Synod has voted to transfer most of the Church of England's national safeguarding staff to a new independent body ...

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

The Archbishop of York faced a rebellion from some members of the General Synod of the Church of England amid calls for his ...

Members of the Church of England’s General Synod have voted against a plan to independently manage safeguarding.

The Church of England on Tuesday stopped short of backing a fully independent safeguarding model to deal with abuse cases, ...

The Archbishop of York will deliver the opening address to General Synod today as he fights to hold onto his senior position ...

The Church of England on Tuesday will take the first step towards overhauling its safeguarding system to make it independent ...

Leaflets being handed out to members on Tuesday branded the Church’s attitude and processes to date a ‘safeguarding failure’.

Mr Cottrell, as Archbishop of York, is due to address the Church of England’s General Synod – also known as its parliament – in central London on Monday as it opens for the first of five ...