From Australia-
A year ago, several women walked into the annual Synod
of the Sydney Anglican Diocese, shuffled through the rows of the public
gallery in Pitt Street's Wesley Theatre, and sat down nervously.
All
of them were victims of domestic abuse, there to listen as the
Diocese's domestic violence taskforce presented its draft policy for
responding to abuse in the church which, as ABC News would only weeks later reveal, was being perpetrated not just against parishioners, but against the wives of clergy — including me.It's been quite a year.
Last week, several hundred Sydney Anglicans returned to the same spot for the taskforce's unveiling of the final version of the policy, having spent months consulting with experts and survivors.
More here-
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-22/what-i-want-the-church-to-know-about-domestic-violence-victims/10401752
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