UNITED KINGDOM
Premier
Mon 16 May 2016
By Alex Williams
The way top Church of England clergy are trained to handle allegations of sexual abuse must change radically to ensure victims are not ignored or intimidated, a new report is apparently set to say.
According to the Guardian, Sarah Mullally, the Bishop of Crediton, will present an action plan she was asked to produce by the Archbishop of Canterbury, following an independent inquiry by safeguarding expert Ian Elliott into the institution’s handling of the case of a victim known as “Joe”.
The newspaper claims “Joe” “struggled to be heard by the Church of England over the sexual abuse that has blighted his life” for nearly 40 years and his claims were not dealt with.
Sarah Mullally’s document, which is due to be put before the General Synod’s House of Bishop next week, is also expected to propose a more consistent national approach for responding to claims of wrongdoing.
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