The General Synod voted to transfer national staff overseeing abuse response to an external body but not parish and diocese officials ...

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

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

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

Two so-called models for independent safeguarding will be presented to Synod, following reviews in recent years by former ...

A member of the Church’s parliament said his motion was ‘about sending a message to the nation and the Church’.

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 is gathering at a time of ‘unprecedented crisis’ at the first General Synod since the archbishop of Canterbury resigned. The Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell will ...

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 ...

Opening prayers are said on the first day of the Church of England’s General Synod (Jonathan Brady/PA) Synod members will debate and vote on a new safeguarding model for the Church of England on ...