{"id":146308,"date":"2026-07-06T17:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=146308"},"modified":"2026-07-06T21:39:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T01:39:28","slug":"church-times-c-of-e-general-synod-to-discuss-new-rules-on-clergy-conduct-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=146308","title":{"rendered":"(Church Times) C of E General Synod to discuss new rules on clergy conduct next month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rules accompanying the new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/clergy-conduct-measure-ccm\">Clergy Conduct Measure<\/a>\u00a0will come before\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/general-synod\">General Synod<\/a>\u00a0next month. This follows a vote in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/house-of-lords\">House of Lords<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday to send the Measure to the King for Royal Assent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notes accompanying the Rules state that the \u201coverriding objective\u201d at their core, \u201cmandates that all complaints must be dealt with justly, fairly, expeditiously, and proportionately, alongside a strict duty for all parties to co-operate with the proceedings\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A report from the Clergy Discipline Commission, also published last week, records a \u201csignificant increase\u201d in the number of cases being referred for formal investigation \u2014 from 12 in 2024 to 25. In 2025, 119 allegations of misconduct were made under the Measure against priests or deacons, compared to 71 in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/articles\/2026\/3-july\/news\/uk\/general-synod-to-discuss-new-rules-on-clergy-conduct-next-month\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rules accompanying the new Clergy Conduct Measure will come before General Synod next month. This follows a vote in the House of Lords on Wednesday to send the Measure to the King for Royal Assent<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/clergydiscipline?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#clergydiscipline<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Tribunal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tribunal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/churchnews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#churchnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/ChurchTimes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChurchTimes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x1WTYLknx3\">https:\/\/t.co\/x1WTYLknx3<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Church Times (@ChurchTimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChurchTimes\/status\/2073881278395376022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rules accompanying the new\u00a0Clergy Conduct Measure\u00a0will come before\u00a0General Synod\u00a0next month. This follows a vote in the\u00a0House of Lords\u00a0on Wednesday to send the Measure to the King for Royal Assent. Notes accompanying the Rules state that the \u201coverriding objective\u201d at their<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=146308\">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":[324,168,184,177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-of-england","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-parish-ministry","category-pastoral-theology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146308","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=146308"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146312,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146308\/revisions\/146312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}