Unfortunately failure of disclosure is not limited to the police and the CPS. More soon.

It is a common misunderstanding and the very reason why the introduction of MR is essential. We lag the RoW

The CofE was bounced into releasing Sir Roger Singleton's benign report into the disgraceful PCR in advance of Synod thanks to this BBC News story https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44576201. The question arises, will Synod members who have concerns about the PCR and/or Singleton's opinions of this CofE safeguarding failure, say anything publicly during Synod? Understandably the PCR does not feature in the programme.

Bishop Hancock says Singleton uses the word 'botched' to describe the PCR. 'Rumbled' seems more appropriate.

Sir Roger is seen as a 'safe pair of hands' by CofE. He claims that survivors are now listened to by the church, yet the headline in this BBC News report https://bbc.in/2Ig4EUV demonstrates they're not.

As for his response to mandatory reporting and safeguarding in the church today (i) here is our review of CofE safeguarding which is dysfunctional http://bit.ly/2FooYlu . The review featured significantly in the recent IICSA Anglican hearing. And (ii) Sir Roger claims that the church has 'strengthened its (safeguarding) guidance' which is an absurd suggestion. 'Strengthened guidance' remains 'guidance' which is always discretionary. Sir Roger does not need this explaining to him.

Ms Crouch gushed undeserved compliments about the NSPCC CPSU operation which so spectacularly erred over the FA safeguarding policy as you can read here http://bit.ly/2JFUtKc in this December 2016 post that coincided with the HoL debate - Abuse in Football. Our review was repeatedly referred to during the debate. As our post revealed, the NSPCC CPSU endorsed the FA child protection that was legally wrong.

The Minister's reply to the debate seemed to suggest that safeguarding just needed incremental improvements at the edges. Baroness Grey-Thompson supports the introduction of MR as her Duty of Care in Sport report made clear. The Government's rejection of MR delivered in March 18 was absent of empirical evidence to support its position. It had nothing to do with child protection but everything to do with keeping referrals to a minimum http://bit.ly/2rdxVsv to save money.

But in this first part of the debate there is no mention of MR, the culture change law which is so desperately needed in Regulated Activities. Home nations (excl NI) are among the 18% of developed nations that do not place a statutory duty on adults working with children in Regulated Activities to report known or suspected abuse https://goo.gl/h6YJbd. We are in the backwoods of child protection in Regulated Activities.

The Mandate Now review of CofE safeguarding policy is available here : http://bit.ly/2FooYlu

One fears a stream of newspeak 'closure' drivel today. There's no such thing, one learns to cope.