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August 12, 2022

Years of media intrusion that followed the stabbing meant that Baroness Hollins would emerge as a leading campaigner for tighter regulation of the British press and for higher media standards

Cardinal Cupich reinstates activist priest accused of abuse

May 25, 2021

“The Review Board has concluded there is insufficient reason to suspect Father Pfleger is guilty of these allegations,” wrote Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, in a letter to the St Sabina “faith community,” where Fr Pfleger has long served as senior pastor.

Bishops of England and Wales name former prosecutor to head safeguarding agency

May 17, 2021

Nazir Afzal, the newly appointed Chair of the Bishops' safeguarding agency, says, "“The Catholic Church has recognised the failures of the past and the need to put things right. This is what attracted me to the role."

Bishops of England and Wales announce Edward Morgan to establish new National Tribunal Service for clerical discipline

January 12, 2021

The National Tribunal Service is to be established following a 2019-2020 review chaired by Ian Elliott, which the bishops commissioned into safeguarding practices and processes within the Catholic Church.

Adult abuse case: accusations of grave mishandling across Church jurisdictions

July 18, 2020

Irregularities call into question not only the commitment of Church leadership to safeguarding of vulnerable adults, but the efficacy of safeguarding, reporting, and investigative procedures currently in place.