ENGLAND
The Week
February 12, 2018
The Church of England is facing two years of revelations about sexual abuse and attempts to cover it up, its ruling general synod has been told.
Responding to reports the Church is dealing with more than 3,000 reports of sexual abuse within its parishes, the Bishop of Bath and Wells, Rev Peter Hancock, said: “We will hear deeply painful accounts of abuse, of poor response, and over cover-up.”
Hancock, the lead bishop for safeguarding, told the synod that “this will not be an easy couple of years”.
The most recent figures for 2016 showed that dioceses are dealing with 3,300 “concerns or allegations”, the vast majority related to “children, young people and vulnerable adults within Church communities”.
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