The Synod is sitting for its first session since the resignation of the archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, after ...

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 ...

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

Members of the Church of England’s General Synod have voted against a plan to independently manage safeguarding.

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

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, ...

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

The Church of England's governing body has voted against a fully independent safeguarding body for dealing with abuse cases.

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 ...

Mr Cottrell, as Archbishop of York, is due to address the Church of England’s General Synod – also known as its parliament – in central London on Monday as it opens for the first of five ...