Assault and abuse are rife in the Church of England, women say

From The Church Times-

THE Church of England has a blindspot when it comes to the sexual abuse, assault, or harassment of women, a growing group of women are saying.

Increasing numbers, clergy and lay, are coming forward to tell of their experiences after the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the #MeToo campaign, which encourages women to tell their stories of abuse.

Several have warned that adult women who are abused in this way are slipping through the cracks in the safeguarding procedures of the Church, which focus largely on protecting children and adults deemed to be “vulnerable”.

Jo Kind, who works with Minister and Clergy Sexual Abuse Survivors (MACSAS), the clerical-abuse survivors network, said this week that about half of all those who approached MACSAS were reporting abuse that had taken place while they were adults, not children.

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https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2017/10-november/news/uk/assault-and-abuse-are-rife-in-the-church-women-say