"The Church of England has appointed Her Honour Heather Baucher as the Appeal Authority for the Redress Church of England scheme for survivors of Church related abuse. The Appeal Authority is the independent judicial role responsible for determining appeals made under the Scheme.” Let’s examine this independence a little.

An “urgent review” afterwards isn’t due diligence. It’s damage control. The Church of England has become remarkably good at things suddenly “coming to light”. The trouble with keeping things buried is that somebody always brings a shovel.