Chichester Cathedral and the Diocese of Chichester have undergone multiple audits in relation to our safeguarding practices.
We are committed to continually improving our safeguarding practices and procedures and remain committed to implementing recommendations from these audits and reports.
National Safeguarding Team Quality Assurance Report
This Report presents the findings of the Church of England’s 2026 national quality assurance (QA) activity on Culture, Leadership, and Capacity across dioceses and cathedrals. It will be uploaded shortly.
INEQE Audit
Commissioned by the Archbishops’ Council and overseen by the Church of England’s National Safeguarding Team, reviewing the effectiveness of safeguarding arrangements across dioceses and cathedrals. The audit of Chichester Cathedral and the Chichester DBF was published in January 2025.
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) Audit
Commissioned to provide an independent audit of the safeguarding arrangements of the cathedrals of the Church of England. The audit for Chichester Cathedral was published in September 2021.
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA)
The IICSA Anglican Church Case Studies Report (Chichester Diocese and Peter Ball) formed part of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), which was established by the UK Government in 2015 to investigate how institutions in England and Wales had failed to protect children from sexual abuse.
The Carmi Review
Following the conviction of Terence Banks in 2001, Mrs Edina Carmi (independent safeguarding consultant) was commissioned by the then Bishop of Chichester, the Rt Rev’d Dr John Hind, to conduct a case review of the Diocese between the 1970s and 2000. The report was completed in 2004 not published until July 2014.