{"id":121839,"date":"2023-07-05T17:09:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T21:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=121839"},"modified":"2023-07-05T19:02:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T23:02:30","slug":"church-times-c-of-e-general-synod-motion-seeks-debate-on-isb-affair-and-inquiry-by-a-senior-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=121839","title":{"rendered":"(Church Times) C of E General Synod motion seeks debate on ISB affair and inquiry by a senior lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A General Synod member and survivor advocate, Gavin Drake, has tabled a following motion to ensure that the recent d\u00e9b\u00e2cle surrounding the sacking of the Independent Safeguarding Board (ISB) is up for debate in York.<\/p>\n<p>His motion asks for an independent inquiry into the Church\u2019s safeguarding bodies, policies, and practice \u2014 conducted by a senior lawyer, to report within a year, and the report to be debated by the Synod at that time.<\/p>\n<p>It is his second attempt to bring the ISB onto the agenda. His first attempt was ruled out of order because the presentation on the ISB to which it was attached was deemed \u201cfree-standing\u201d and not linked to a report.<\/p>\n<p>His new motion, which he confirmed on Tuesday had been accepted, includes a preamble which links his motion directly to the Archbishops\u2019 Council\u2019s annual report, due to be debated on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/articles\/2023\/7-july\/news\/uk\/synod-motion-seeks-debate-on-isb-affair-and-inquiry-by-a-senior-lawyer\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WqeuY9qup6\">https:\/\/t.co\/WqeuY9qup6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Booth (@jamesbooth100) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamesbooth100\/status\/1676167367447937024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A General Synod member and survivor advocate, Gavin Drake, has tabled a following motion to ensure that the recent d\u00e9b\u00e2cle surrounding the sacking of the Independent Safeguarding Board (ISB) is up for debate in York. His motion asks for an<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=121839\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[389,168,184,177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-of-england-coe","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-parish-ministry","category-pastoral-theology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121839"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121843,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121839\/revisions\/121843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}