Overview
- Independent safeguarding arrangements endorsed by General Synod must be implemented within 18 months, a year sooner than the previous timetable.
- Trustees are required to introduce interim non‑legislative protections where legislative change would be too slow to mitigate identified risks.
- The regulator found insufficient urgency, a fragmented approach, and a policy gap in how allegations from adults not assessed as vulnerable are treated.
- No evidence of trustee mismanagement or misconduct was found, but the Commission will monitor progress and may escalate action if delivery falters.
- The Archbishops’ Council pledged to act quickly, plans an interim independent scrutiny body, and has appointed Dame Christine Ryan to lead structural work.