Andrew Graystone, a long-time advocate for abuse survivors, accused the Church of “shocking arrogance,” and said the Synod had “voted for a measure that will leave the power of bishops completely ...

An intoxicated, aggressive and abusive John McGinley was pepper-sprayed by gardai before he was restrained and arrested ...

A Co Donegal man who stabbed one man with a knife and beat up a pensioner in two random attacks has been jailed after a Judge ...

Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (SVCHS) will be hosting the Ballad Health Mobile Health Coach to perform mammograms at each of the four community health centers during the month of ...

The scandal-hit Church of England triggered an outcry Tuesday, after rejecting tough new rules for safeguarding children ...

THE General Synod stopped short of transferring all safeguarding functions to an external organisation, at least in the short ...

A Church of England vote which delays fully independent safeguarding has been branded a “punch in the gut” for victims of abuse. Representatives of survivors said the outcome was “incredibly ...

The Church of England has voted to increase oversight of safeguarding measures - but stopped short of creating an independent ...

The Church of England has granted former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby permission to remain at Lambeth Palace for six ...

There was a sense in the chamber that the Church of England has finally recognised the seriousness of the harm that has been ...

SOME of those who knew of the abuse perpetrated by John Smyth have been “lying”, a survivor told the General Synod on Monday ...