Church vote on safeguarding ‘a punch within the intestine for survivors’

Chatting with reporters afterwards, he mentioned Synod had voted “virtually unanimously for a far better diploma of independence in safeguarding, for independence of scrutiny, for a far-strengthened position for Dsaps (diocesan safeguarding advisory panels), to ask questions on how we tackle inconsistencies, to a stronger regional system, and about funding for safeguarding”.