UNITED KINGDOM
Ekklesia
JULY 8, 2016
A year after the apology to survivors and victims of abuse, and the publication of Courage, Cost and Hope – the report on the Past Cases Review (PCR), the Methodist Church has given an update to the Methodist Conference, the supreme decision-making body of the Church, about its work over the past 12 months.
In May 2015, the Rev Dr Martyn Atkins, who was then serving as Secretary of the Methodist Conference and General Secretary, issued a full and unreserved apology to survivors and victims of abuse in response to the Past Cases Review report.
A huge amount of work has been undertaken so far by the Past Cases Review Implementation Group (PCRIG) on the report’s 23 recommendations.
Survivors’ Reference Group
The Implementation Group explored how best to engage with survivors and victims of abuse within the Church, and how to ensure their voices informed the work of the group and the implementation of the report’s 23 recommendations.
It was agreed to establish a survivors’ reference group to ensure that all policies and guidelines or training materials that were produced in line with the recommendations would be informed by a survivor/victim perspective.
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