Bishop Brian’s Annual Safeguarding Statement.

Dear sisters and brothers in Christ,

During this year, our diocese was independently audited to verify how well we had implemented the recommendations of the McLellan Report.

All eight Scottish dioceses have now been independently reviewed. Along with the other bishops I voted that these Independent Reviews take place. I have always believed that the Church must do the right thing in Safeguarding precisely because it is the right thing to do. However, due to past errors and the subsequent harm caused, the Church must also be seen to do right thing. Only then can the Church offer some healing for survivors and restore credibility and confidence among clergy and parishioners as well as in wider society.

Please, click the link to read the full message of Bishop Brian on Safeguarding. Annual Safeguarding Message 2022