He also survived a vote to stop him giving a presidential address as the General Synod began on Monday. Separately, Mr ...

Members of the General Synod of the Church of England were under pressure as they began a week-long meeting in London ...

Members of the Church of England’s parliament have voted for more independent oversight of the way it handles abuse ...

The Archbishop of York will deliver the opening address to General Synod today as he fights to hold onto his senior position ...

Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell is the "wrong person" to bring much-needed reform to the Church of England, the Bishop of ...

The General Synod has voted to transfer most of the Church of England's national safeguarding staff to a new independent body ...

The Archbishop of York faced a rebellion from some members of the General Synod of the Church of England amid calls for his ...

The Church of England on Tuesday will take the first step towards overhauling its safeguarding system to make it independent ...

The Church of England on Tuesday stopped short of backing a fully independent safeguarding model to deal with abuse cases, ...

The General Synod, the Church’s governing body, voted to revive the stripping of holy orders following a string of abuse scandals. The practice was abolished more than 20 years ago.

Leaflets being handed out to members on Tuesday branded the Church’s attitude and processes to date a ‘safeguarding failure’.

A fifth of General Synod members voted to block the Most Rev Stephen Cottrell from delivering his opening speech at Monday’s Synod gathering in London. In a provocative move, a lay Synod member ...