The Church of England has issued the following statement: Safeguarding practice review suspended 30/05/2024 The review group overseeing the independent review into the handling
of alleged safeguarding issues regarding the former Dean of Christ Church, Oxford has announced that it is suspending its work. [...]
Review of the ecclesiastical court judgments during May 2024 The eight consistory court judgments circulated in May 2024 include: The eight consistory court judgments circulated
in May 2024 [...]
This updates our earlier post for the 2019 General Election and includes campaigning and political activity by charities, hustings, registration and voter ID, and useful links.
Campaigning and political activity [...]
The week in which the Revd Mrs Vennells appeared before the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry. In other news… General Election 2024 So they’re off! Parliament was prorogued
on Friday and is to be dissolved this coming Thursday. The result was a scramble to pass a raft of legislation before the shutters came down, during which several [...]
In a post that appeared earlier on his blog, Professor Peter Edge explains the possible next steps in the controversy about the Bishop of Sodor & Man’s vote in the Legislative
Council. [...]
In a guest post, Shirani Herbert, Legal Correspondent of the Church Times, reviews the unfortunate sequence of events in Re St Bartholomew Bristol [2024] ECC Bri 1 Shirani
Herbert [...]
John Smyth review On 14 May, the Church of England announced a further delay in the John Smyth review. This was not unexpected, since in March 2024 it was reported that a
survivor known as “Graham” had asked that data and his testimony be removed from the review, from which a further delay was anticipated. [...]
American Christians have been trying to influence US foreign policy for hundreds of years. Occasionally, they have succeeded–where their advocacy coincided with what the
US Government perceived of as the national interest. Protestant missionaries were historically quite active in this regard, especially in places like Ottoman Turkey, [...]