Church abuse: synod votes to delay independent safeguarding

After a series of abuse scandals, survivors had hoped The Church of England would outsource its handling of future allegations.

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But today the annual meeting of the General Synod, the church governing body, voted against establishing a fully independent body to oversee safeguarding – in a vote which representatives of abuse survivors called "incredibly disappointing" and "a punch in the gut".
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