Church Society investigating ‘serious allegations of bullying and abuse’

Church Society  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Mar 2021
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Church Society investigating  ‘serious allegations of  bullying and abuse’

Andrew Towner

The Church of England evangelical grouping Church Society says it is investigating ‘very serious and wide-ranging allegations of bullying and abuse’ made about some of its staff and council members.

In a statement issued as en was going to print, Revd Andrew Towner, chair of the Church Society council, and Dr Ros Clarke, Associate Director, said: ‘Some of you may be aware that Church Society, along with some of its staff and Council members, has been the subject of some serious allegations made on social media.

External reviewer

‘The first of these includes some very serious and wide-ranging allegations of bullying and abuse which have been made by one person concerning a number of interactions with different Church Society staff, council members and others. We have agreed to appoint a suitable external reviewer with respect to these allegations, but the person we had approached is now unable to take this forward, due to their personal circumstances. We are pursuing an alternative reviewer and we hope that the work will be able to begin shortly.’

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