Category Archives: Sexual abuse

LLF: The Cost of Careless Talk and Needless Silence

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by Savitri Hensman, community worker, author of “Sexuality, Struggle and Saintliness” and LGBTI+ equality activist The damage often done to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI+) people in the Church of England has been much discussed lately. At the … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Sexuality, Living in Love & Faith, Safeguarding, Savi Hensman, Sexual abuse, Spiritual Abuse | 1 Comment

LLF – Power, Fear & Our Inability To Do The Right Thing

Posted on November 21, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Revd Canon Rosie Harper, Chaplain to the Bishop of Buckingham, Member of General Synod and Trustee of the Ozanne Foundation Barak Obama has written the first volume of his memoirs.  In a fascinating interview about A Promised Land … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Sexuality, IICSA, Living in Love & Faith, Rosie Harper, Sexual abuse, Spiritual Abuse | 5 Comments

Collusion, Hypocrisy & the Greasy Pole to Success

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by Dr Charlie Bell, Fellow at Girton College, Cambridge and ordinand at St Augustine’s College of Theology For those with ears to hear, the past few weeks have highlighted a very clear theme in the abuse scandal in the Church … Continue reading →

Posted in Charlie Bell, Human Sexuality, IICSA, Living in Love & Faith, Safeguarding, Sexual abuse, Social Justice, Spiritual Abuse | 3 Comments

World Without End…?

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Bishop of Buckingham, Rt Revd Dr Alan Wilson On 13 August 2012 ministry took a new path for me. A journalist had alerted me to untoward goings on in Sussex. Young peoples’ lives had been damaged. The Church … Continue reading →

Posted in Bishop Alan Wilson, Disability, IICSA, Safeguarding, Sexual abuse, Spiritual Abuse | 5 Comments

Why the Church of England Must ‘Connect the Dots’ – IICSA and LLF

Posted on October 16, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by Prof Helen King, Professor Emerita in Classical Studies at The Open University and lay preacher in the Diocese of Oxford ViaMedia.News · Why the Church of England Must Connect the Dots – IICSA and LLF – Prof Helen King … Continue reading →

Posted in Helen King, Human Sexuality, IICSA, Living in Love & Faith, Safeguarding, Sexual abuse, Social Justice | 6 Comments

Safeguarding, ‘Reabuse’ and LGBT People

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Revd Canon Simon Butler, Prolocutor of the Province of Canterbury and member of the Archbishops’ Council Last Tuesday was perhaps the most shameful day in the history of the Church of England for hundreds of years. Forensically, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Good Disagreement, Human Sexuality, IICSA, Mental Health, Sexual abuse, Simon Butler, Social Justice, Spiritual Abuse | 13 Comments

Resignations, Dysfunctionality and the House of Bishops

Posted on October 9, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by Jayne Ozanne, Editor of ViaMedia, Director of the Ozanne Foundation and Member of General Synod ViaMedia.News · Resignations, Dysfunctionality and the House of Bishops – Jayne Ozanne I resigned from my Bishop’s Council this week. The decision has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Disability, Human Sexuality, IICSA, Jayne Ozanne, Racism, Safeguarding, Sexual abuse, Social Justice, Spiritual Abuse, Transgender | 13 Comments

One for All and All for One?

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Very Revd Dr David Ison, Dean of St Paul’s, member of General Synod and Vice-Chair of the Ozanne Foundation The words which bind together Alexander Dumas’ Three Musketeers are also the unofficial motto of Switzerland, and date back … Continue reading →

Posted in Dean of St Pauls, Disability, Good Disagreement, Human Sexuality, Living in Love & Faith, Racism, Safeguarding, Sexual abuse, Social Justice, Spiritual Abuse, Transgender | 3 Comments

Secrecy and an Unaccountable Church of England

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Revd Canon Rosie Harper, Chaplain to the Bishop of Buckingham, Author, Trustee of the Ozanne Foundation and member of General Synod Honestly, it drives me mad! When I first became a member of General Synod over ten years … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Sexuality, IICSA, Living in Love & Faith, Rosie Harper, Safeguarding, Sexual abuse, Social Justice, Spiritual Abuse | 13 Comments

We Can’t Go Back….to Power Games & Inequality

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Revd Canon Rosie Harper, Chaplain to the Bishop of Buckingham, Author, Member of General Synod and Trustee of the Ozanne Foundation In France, apparently, one of the biggest worries about lockdown was how single Parisienne women would cope: … Continue reading →

Posted in Coronavirus, Establishment, Human Sexuality, Politics, Rosie Harper, Sexual abuse, Social Justice, We Can't Go Back... | 19 Comments