UNITED KINGDOM
International Business Times
By Mark Piggott
July 12, 2015
Victims of child abuse have been told by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby that the Church of England will conduct its own investigation into allegations of abuse if the latest judge-led inquiry fails to look into them within six months.
Welby made the commitment to five representatives of child abuse victims at a private meeting at Lambeth Palace.
A Church of England (CofE) spokesman told The Independent that The Archbishop “has asked that the Church of England is reviewed first by the Government’s National Inquiry once it begins its investigations. If this does not happen within six months then he will instigate an independent past cases review.”
Sheikh Dr Muhammad Al Hussaini of the Church Reform Group said: “During the meeting that we had with Justin Welby he promised that he would undertake an independent audit into abuse in the Church of England and this independent audit would be overseen by survivors’ organisations, representatives, sat alongside representatives of the archbishop.”
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