Safeguarding the Institution: How the culture of the Church of England facilitates abuse

When a suburban vicar "did the opposite of a Justin Welby", and raised a historic safeguarding issue with his diocese, he was shocked by their response. The events that followed revealed deep cracks in the Church of England's safeguarding practices, and this book examines how those cracks go to the heart of the Church's culture.

Stephen Kuhrt is vicar of a busy church in a thriving South West London parish, yet his treatment by Southwark diocese has hampered his ministry and undermined his professional relationships ... but still Stephen refuses to give up on the church which he has loved all his life:

The final section of SAFEGUARDING THE INSTITUION gives suggestions for changes that could transform the prevailing culture of the Church of England and ensure that it is its people who are safeguarded, not its own institution.