LONDON (ENGLAND)
Tablet
November 20, 2020
By Catherine Pepinster
Catholic bishops of England and Wales have admitted that their safeguarding work must change and have outlined how this will happen.
Their admission comes just days after a damning report from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse which lambasted its safeguarding structures and poor treatment of survivors and singled out Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Vincent Nichols for criticism.
At a press conference today, when the bishops unveiled their new safeguarding set-up, Cardinal Nichols said he had no intention of quitting.
Survivors had called for his immediate departure following the IICSA report but the cardinal said he would be staying put while the Church reorganises its safeguarding.
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