UNITED KINGDOM
GlobalPost
Agence France-Presse on Mar 15, 2016
The Church of England on Tuesday said it would change the way it handled sexual abuse allegations in response to an independent review of a case that found “a tragic catalogue of exploitation and harm”.
“We should have been swifter to listen, to believe and to act. This report is deeply uncomfortable for the Church of England,” Bishop of Crediton Sarah Mullally said in the Church’s official statement.
“This report has published a series of important recommendations. The Archbishop of Canterbury has seen these recommendations and will ensure they are implemented as quickly as possible,” she said.
The review was commissioned by the Church of England in September 2015 following allegations made by a man named only as “Survivor B” against a cleric, “Rev A”.
The recommendations made in the report by the Elliott Review stressed the need for training of people who might receive abuse complaints, the importance of a written record of allegations and of not giving priority to financial considerations.
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