Church of England

Church of England priest and broadcaster, Giles Fraser, who has written of his experience of suffering beatings at his public school in the 1970s.

A leading bishop in the Church of England has tonight come out as another victim in the violent abuse scandal that has rocked the church. He’s the most senior figure in the church to come forward and the first Bishop.

They were “horrific” acts of violence. Twenty two young men groomed and ritually beaten over many years, supposedly to purge them of their sins: one even attempted suicide. The alleged perpetrator – eminent QC John Smyth – ran a Christian charity with close ties to the Church of England and the Archbishop of Canterbury himself. Reported by Cathy Newman, produced and directed by Tom Stone, and the Channel 4 News Investigations Unit.

Police have today launched an investigation into claims that teenage boys from Britain’s leading public schools were violently beaten, in what’s been described as a “sadomasochistic cult” run by a lawyer with links to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

A protestor tried to disrupt the concecration of the Church of England’s first female bishop. Libby Lane’s ordination was interrupted by a protestor who shouted “it was not in the Bible!”

Britain’s first woman bishop has been consecrated at York Minster. Libby Lane became the eigth bishop of Stockport – although the ceremony did not quite pass without a hitch.

The first female bishop in the Church of England is Reverend Libby Lane. The prime minister said it was an “important day for equality.” So who are the other female firsts within their religions?

EXCLUSIVE: The UK’s biggest sham marriage trial has collapsed with the judge accusing UKBA officers of deliberately concealing evidence and lying under oath.

The UK’s largest ever sham marriages trial begins with prosecution claims that bogus weddings at a church in south London were conducted on an “industrial scale”.

Christian popstar and broadcaster Vicky Beeching tells Channel 4 News of coming to terms with her sexuality in an evangelical environment as she comes out as a lesbian.

The Church of England synod votes to change its legislation and allow women to serve as bishops, in an historic moment for the church.

Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin, tipped to be one of the first women bishops, and Susie Leafe, a self-declared feminist and General Synod member who is opposed to the move, debate the C of E vote.

David Cameron risks causing “alienation” by saying the UK is a Christian country, says a group of leading public figures. Krishnan speaks to author and columnist Joan Smith and historian Tom Holland.

Twenty-seven bishops condemn the government’s “punitive” welfare reforms, which they say have forced people into food and fuel poverty.