The Church of England is not a safe place. That’s why I’ve quit

Gavin Drake, who has long campaigned on behalf of abuse survivors and whose late wife Jill Saward became the first rape survivor in Britain to waive her right to anonymity, has resigned his position on the Church of England’s governing body. He explains what has led to the decision

Why is the Archbishops’ Council so against an independent inquiry into safeguarding? What are they worried that an inquiry might uncover?

Those questions were put to me by a victim of church-based abuse after I resigned from the General Synod this week.