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Statement from Bishop of Sheffield following the retrial of Chris Brain

Chris Brain has today been found guilty on all remaining charges, following a retrial on the five charges the jury could not agree on in his original trial in 2025. Brain was convicted in August 2025 of 17 counts of indecent assault against nine women...
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Bishop of Salisbury suspended from ministry

The two complaints brought against the Bishop of Salisbury, Stephen Lake, under the Clergy Discipline Measure, will now proceed to the next stage and Bishop Stephen has been asked to respond to the allegations. He has been suspended from ministry by the Archbishop of Canterbury.  Suspension is...
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Bishop of Leeds presidential address to synod

The world is changing, but stay focussed on the Kingdom of God, was the...
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A statement by Bishop Nick Baines on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s resignation

The Rt Revd Nick Baines has issued the following statement in response to the...
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Listen, learn and debate, is Bishop Baines’s invitation to new Leeds Synod members

The first Diocesan Synod of the new triennium began with a Eucharist and a...
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‘A forgotten conflict with no winners’ – Catholic and Anglican bishops on war in Sudan

Bishop Paul Swarbrick, the Bishops’ Conference’s Lead Bishop for Africa, and Bishop Nick Baines,...
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Bishop of Leeds reflects on the unfolding tragedy in Ukraine

he Rt Revd Nick Baines, Bishop of Leeds has written an immediate response to...

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Statement from Bishop of Sheffield following the retrial of Chris Brain

Chris Brain has today been found guilty on all remaining charges, following a retrial...
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Bishop of Salisbury suspended from ministry

The two complaints brought against the Bishop of Salisbury, Stephen Lake, under the Clergy Discipline Measure,...
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Statement from Kris McDaniel of C4SO over 2015 Eucharistic discipline comments

Dear Clergy, As we announced last week, the College of Bishops has unanimously consented to...
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Bishop of Manchester installs wife as honorary cathedral canon

Manchester Cathedral welcomed new Canons during Choral Evensong on Monday evening, including the installation...