BY STEPHEN KUHRT Dear Bishop Sarah, Congratulations on your nomination to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury. The fact that you are a woman, educated at a comprehensive school and a polytechnic, worked as a cancer nurse and trained for ordination on a non-residentiary course are, for me, undiluted positives. More crucially, they can all… Continue reading An Open Letter to Bishop Sarah Mullally
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‘Doing the Opposite of a Welby’: The cost of genuine safeguarding in the Church of England
BY STEPHEN KUHRT Photo: Flickr The phrase ‘doing the opposite of a Welby’ is not one I use lightly. It came to me in November 2024, when the Archbishop of Canterbury faced severe criticism over his handling of the John Smyth case. I realised that seventeen years earlier in my parish, I had made a… Continue reading ‘Doing the Opposite of a Welby’: The cost of genuine safeguarding in the Church of England
How to encourage bullying in the Church of England
BY STEPHEN KUHRT The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis was first published in February 1942. The book is made up of thirty one letters from a senior demon called Screwtape to his nephew, Wormwood. Wormwood is a junior tempter assigned to lead a man who has recently become a Christian away from God. By viewing the Christian life from the perspective… Continue reading How to encourage bullying in the Church of England
Safeguarding the Institution 