Thinking Anglicans

Opinion – 22 November 2025

Charlie Bell ViaMedia.News What Does it Mean to be Anglican in a Post-colonial Communion?

Ruth Grayson Surviving Church From Inertia to Overkill: A Surfeit of Safeguarding?

Michelle Burns Guarding The Flock Institutional Gaslighting in the Church: Rewriting the Stories of Those They Harmed

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John Davies
John Davies
15 minutes ago

Thank you Michael for your article. Having had personal insight into just how well the CofE doesn’t do safeguarding concerns about clergy abuse, it all rings so utterly true. And it is very hard not to treat such an organisation with contempt. No wonder so many people don’t bother with us any longer.
Last week I (alone, it would seem, among the people at my church) received a ‘safeguarding quiz’ from our bishop; one question asked ‘Do you feel safe at church?’ Well, the obvious answer to that is “If I didn’t, I wouldn’t go.”

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