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

He also survived a vote to stop him giving a presidential address as the General Synod began on Monday. Separately, Mr ...

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

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

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’s General Synod is set to gather on Monday for the first time since the archbishop of Canterbury’s ...

Sam Margrave, a lay member of General Synod, submitted formal requests to suspend proceedings and move to the next business, ...

The Church of England's governing body has voted against a fully independent safeguarding body for dealing with abuse cases.

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

A fifth of General Synod members voted to block the Most Rev Stephen Cottrell from delivering his opening speech at Monday’s Synod gathering in London. In a provocative move, a lay Synod member ...

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 ...