Cathedral Safeguarding Sunday Sermon
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A chance to read the Cathedral Safeguarding Sunday sermon from Sunday 16th November.
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Safeguarding Season 2025
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Rochester Cathedral is marking a month-long season of Safeguarding this year, in which we invite everyone to reflect on the past failures of the Church in protecting children and vulnerable adults, here in Rochester and elsewhere.
Read MoreAnnual Report on Safeguarding in 2024
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Reporting on Safeguarding activities at Rochester Cathedral in 2024
Read MoreLOUDFence at Rochester Cathedral
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This year Rochester Cathedral will again be holding a ‘Safeguarding Season’ during which special attention will be paid to the safeguarding an wellbeing of all with whom we have to do, but especially remembering and showing solidarity for all who are victims and survivors of abuse within and outside Christian Churches.
Read MoreSafeguarding Season 2022- November 8th - 28th
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Rochester Cathedral is marking a 3-week season of Safeguarding in 2022, in which we invite everyone to reflect on the past failures of the Church in protecting children and vulnerable adults, here in Rochester and elsewhere.
Read MoreResponse to the publication of the final report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (ICCSA) The Church of England→
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[External link] A statement from the Church of England’s lead Bishop for Safeguarding, Jonathan Gibbs
Read MorePast cases review published by Church of England
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As a Cathedral, we welcome the publication of the Past Cases Review 2. PCR2 was launched nationally by the Church of England in the summer of 2019. It came about after independent scrutiny of the original Past Cases Review of 2008 and 2009 considered that this process had not been carried out thoroughly enough. The purpose of the PCR2 is to ensure that all known cases or concerns about the behaviour of clergy and church officers towards adults, children and vulnerable adults have been dealt with appropriately.
Read MoreNational Learnt Lessons Review published into a previous Director of Music at Rochester Cathedral
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The National Safeguarding Team’s independent lessons learnt review into the recruitment and appointment of a previous Director of Music at Rochester Cathedral, has been published today, Thursday 26 May.
Read MoreRochester Cathedral and Rochester Diocese to mark safeguarding season →
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Between Safeguarding Sunday on the 10 October, and All Survivors’ Day on 3 November, Rochester Cathedral and the Diocese of Rochester, will mark a Safeguarding Season to raise awareness of a number of safeguarding issues that have implications for everyone.
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Read MoreInquiry’s Anglican Church investigation leads to Church reform and new law→
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[External Link] The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse’s investigation into the Anglican Church has led to the Church committing to significant reform and a new law to add religious leaders to the definition of ‘positions of trust’
Read MoreJesus, Safeguarding and the Tables in the Temple
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This article is drawn from a sermon preached by the Canon Chancellor on March 7th 2021 and touches on themes of safeguarding and abuse. If you are affected by it, do feel free to make contact with the Canon Chancellor who is the Cathedral’s Safeguarding Lead, or with any other appropriate organisation, for support and advice.
Read MoreIndependent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
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The recent report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) into the Anglican Church has highlighted the shameful extent to which the abuse of children in the Church of England was prevalent. Read more here…
Read MoreSafeguarding Sunday – a sermon by Canon Precentor Matthew Rushton
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Sunday 11th October was dedicated to Safeguarding – timely considering this week’s publication of the report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, detailing the safeguarding failings of the Church of England
Read MoreA message from our Canon Chancellor
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Rev’d Canon Dr Gordon Giles responds to the recent report published by IICSA
Read MoreIndependent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
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An open letter from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Lead Safeguarding Bishop and the National Director of Safeguarding
Read MoreSafeguarding Audit Report
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The report by the Social Care Institute for Excellence of the Cathedral’s safeguarding policy, practices, leadership and management has now been published and can be viewed on our Safeguarding page.
Read MoreA statement from the Dean of Rochester Cathedral
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A statement from The Very Reverend Philip Hesketh, Dean of Rochester regarding the Cathedral’s former Director of Music.
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