The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), a statutory public inquiry for England and Wales established under the Inquiries Act 2005, published its Anglican Church Investigation Report on 6 October 2020, its national-level report following the earlier Chichester and Peter Ball case-study report. It found that 390 people who were clergy or in other positions of trust connected with the Church of England were convicted of sexual offences against children between the 1940s and 2018, and concluded the Church created a culture in which deference to clergy, discomfort discussing sexuality and an environment more supportive of accused clergy than of victims allowed abuse to continue. The Inquiry's own page could not be reached directly for this reading; the figures are corroborated by independent legal and specialist-press analysis reporting the identical finding.
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Tier 1: a UK statutory public inquiry established by the Home Secretary under the Inquiries Act 2005, chaired by Professor Alexis Jay. The report's headline finding is corroborated independently by Hansard's record of the Commons debate on the report's publication and by Farrer and Co's solicitors' analysis of the report, both reporting the identical 390 figure and 1940s to 2018 span. NotesChecked 14 August 2026, cross-checked against Hansard and Farrer and Co's independent analysis. The Inquiry's own page could not be reached directly for this reading.
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PublisherIndependent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA)
Publication Year2020
URLhttps://www.iicsa.org.uk/reports-recommendations/publications/investigation/anglican-church/executive-summary.html
Source Typegovernment
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This source names Church of England directly: "positions of trust connected with the Church of England were convicted of sexual offences against children between the 1940s and 2018, and concluded the Church created a culture in which deference..."
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This source backs 27 claims across the atlas. As facts: 21 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 2 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies, 10 claims: 9 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Denominations, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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21Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
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3Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
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