The Church of England has issued the following Press Release which welcomes the final report from the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). This provides an overview of the learning from 42 independent diocesan safeguarding audits. Also attached to this post is a summary of the response from the National Safeguarding Steering Group and the Survivors Response to Church Abuse from MACSAS (Minister and Clergy Sexual Abuse Survivors), available on the Thinking Anglicans post Sexual abuse survivors respond to SCIE report.

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