National Abuse Policy Is a Pile of Rubbish, Says Critic

Madeleine Davies
June 28, 2013

http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2013/28-june/news/uk/national-abuse-policy-is-a-pile-of-rubbish,-says-critic

A REFORM of the Church of England's safeguarding procedures, tobe discussed by the General Synod next weekend, has been dismissedby a spokeswoman for a survivors group.

Anne Lawrence, a barrister, from Minister and Clergy SexualAbuse Survivors, said that those addressing safeguarding in theChurch of England were "seeking to fix a problem before they knowwhat the problem is. The survivors are the symptoms, the debris,the bits broken by a system that breaks things. If they want tostop ...