Safeguarding

In October 2019, an independent review of the safeguarding structures and arrangements within the Catholic Church in England and Wales was commenced. The need for change was fuelled by the awareness of those who had suffered due to the failings in existent structures and the desire to prevent future hurt. The review led by Ian Elliott, sought in particular to listen and learn from those who had experienced abuse leading to a series of proposals and recommendations to address these failings and to reshape the safeguarding provision in the Catholic Church going forward. The recommendations of this report, along with those made by the separate Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) were wholly accepted by the Bishops conference in November of 2020.

Central to these recommendations was the replacement of the then existent national safeguarding bodies: the National Catholic Safeguarding Commission (NCSC) and Catholic Safeguarding Advisory Service (CSAS) with three newly constituted entities:

1. The Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency: A new professional standards body with regulatory powers.
2. A dedicated entity regarding safeguarding for Religious Life Groups, which are more formally defined as Religious Life Safeguarding Services (RLSS) covering religious orders and congregations.
3. A National Tribunal to address the canonical matters connected to clergy discipline and canonical offences.

The new model is built on a ‘One Church’ strategy to safeguarding – a commitment across all the dioceses and Religious Life Groups to be One Church when it comes to safeguarding, with all organisations working to a common standards-based approach and transparency and accountability in the fulfilment and upholding of these standards. Further information relating to the new 8 safeguarding standards can be found here https://www.catholicsafeguarding.org.uk/national-safeguarding-standards/the-standards/ Further information relating to the Church’s national safeguarding policies, to which this diocese adheres, can be found here https://www.catholicsafeguarding.org.uk/national-safeguarding-standards/national-safeguarding-policy/ 

The CSSA seek to work with survivors of Catholic Church related abuse, through both formal and informal ways. If you would like to find out more about the CSSA’s. work in this area please click here 

Current membership

• Deacon Peter Collins (Chair)
• Kathy Franklin
• Glen Bowen
• Danielle Dixon (Safeguarding Coordinator)
• Two survivor representatives
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The Healing and Reconciliation group is a sub-group of the Safeguarding Advisory Board and was formed in early 2019 as part of the Diocese’s aspiration to improve the way that we respond to and engage with those who have been hurt by abuse. The essence of the group has included a desire to raise greater awareness of abuse, increase understanding of its impact upon those affected and to work towards creating a safer and more compassionate environment for anyone seeking comfort and healing from spiritual, emotional, sexual and other forms of abuse. The group meets, as a minimum, on a quarterly basis. For further information please refer to the Resources for Victims and Survivors page.

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