GuardingtheFlock

[GuardingtheFlock @GuardintheFlock]

Hi all,

Michelle here from Guarding the Flock.

Just wanted to say a huge thank you for all your support and for reading, sharing, and engaging with my blog. I've picked up two new clients this week, which is fantastic news, and I'm genuinely grateful.

The last year hasn't always been easy, but the encouragement, recommendations, and support have meant the world!

Thank you for being part of the journey. Onwards and upwards!

🐑🐑🐑

#GuardingTheFlock #Safeguarding #CharityGovernance #FaithBasedCharities #ChurchLeadership #Trustees #SpiritualAbuse #Training #CPD #NonprofitLeadership #ChurchOfEngland #ThankYou

[GuardingtheFlock @GuardintheFlock]

The Church of England has many gifts. Clarity of responsibility is not one of them.

[GuardingtheFlock @GuardintheFlock]

🚨 New blog coming soon...

The Great Anglican Bedroom Inspection

The Church of England possesses an almost supernatural ability to detect romantic irregularities.

Who's dating.
Who's divorced.
Who's sleeping with whom.
Who's breached the unwritten rules.

Safeguarding failures, abuse of power, toxic cultures, and institutional dysfunction, however, appear considerably harder to spot.

Curious, really. 🐑

#ChurchOfEngland #Safeguarding #SpiritualAbuse #AbuseOfPower #ChurchAccountability #ToxicCulture #Governance #GuardingtheFlock #TheGreatAnglicanBedroomInspection

[GuardingtheFlock @GuardintheFlock]

Can an institution provide dignity in retirement if it has not consistently provided dignity in service? 🐑

[Madeleine Davies @MadsDavies]

Just 9 hours to go til the review closes for submissions btw!
https://t.co/pg8C36281u

[Madeleine Davies @MadsDavies]

Retired Clergy Association tells fairness & dignity review that many dioceses depended on retired clergy to cover weekly services and calls for a "transformed mindset" in the Church in terms of how they are treated
https://t.co/PvJgnEnmRO

[GuardingtheFlock @GuardintheFlock]

🚨 New blog coming soon...

The Great Anglican Bedroom Inspection

The Church of England possesses an almost supernatural ability to detect romantic irregularities.

Who's dating.
Who's divorced.
Who's sleeping with whom.
Who's breached the unwritten rules.

Safeguarding failures, abuse of power, toxic cultures, and institutional dysfunction, however, appear considerably harder to spot.

Curious, really. 🐑

#ChurchOfEngland #Safeguarding #SpiritualAbuse #AbuseOfPower #ChurchAccountability #ToxicCulture #Governance #GuardingtheFlock #TheGreatAnglicanBedroomInspection

[GuardingtheFlock @GuardintheFlock]

New blog tomorrow 🐑🐑🐑

[Anglican Futures @AnglicanFutures]

"It might, therefore, be concluded that on reflection some decided they had nothing for which to apologise, or that the issues were not as serious as they first determined. It is also possible that the silence is a mark of shame and fear."
https://t.co/EpGfu1Tpxt

[Stephen Parsons @survivingchurch]

https://t.co/qcaxZJo5vq

[GuardingtheFlock @GuardintheFlock]

If my blog resonates with you and you value this work, you can support the blog and ongoing advocacy here:

https://t.co/UIyebgizIR

Every contribution helps keep these conversations visible and supports continued safeguarding advocacy. There’s absolutely no pressure — your engagement, reflection, and presence here matter just as much. 🐑

[National Secular Society @NatSecSoc]

A new code of conduct for security schemes for faith communities stipulates that recipients must not promote extremism or hate.

But charities frequently spread misogyny, homophobia & extremism under the cloak of religion.

We've called for consistency👇

https://t.co/DT4M1g4w61

[GuardingtheFlock @GuardintheFlock]

NEW BLOG:

“To Nourish a Viper in One’s Bosom” 🐍🩸

https://t.co/WXSA85yfQC

Church safeguarding rarely fails because nobody saw the snake. It fails because people kept calling the snake “misunderstood” right up until it bit someone.

#Safeguarding #SpiritualAbuse #ChurchToo #ChurchOfEngland #ToxicLeadership #GuardingtheFlock

[GuardingtheFlock @GuardintheFlock]

@alexdjfrost @churchofengland @ChurchTimes This isn’t just clergy it’s diocesan staff too!

[Dr Karen Mitchell PhD @karenmitchell__]

Human predators (malignant narcissists, psychopaths) are like animal predators in the wild. They need to be free to roam the jungles and the desert looking for prey. To be caged, to be exposed, is unacceptable. They therefore destroy anyone who might impact their freedom. This is out of pathological anger and entitlement. It is not out of fear. We know from many different studies that human predators do not actually experience the feeling of fear. That is why they are so brazen.

[GuardingtheFlock @GuardintheFlock]

@karenmitchell__ This 👏

[GuardingtheFlock @GuardintheFlock]

If my blog resonates with you and you value this work, you can support the blog and ongoing advocacy here:

https://t.co/UIyebgizIR

Every contribution helps keep these conversations visible and supports continued safeguarding advocacy. There’s absolutely no pressure — your engagement, reflection, and presence here matter just as much. 🐑

[GuardingtheFlock @GuardintheFlock]

NEW BLOG:

“To Nourish a Viper in One’s Bosom” 🐍🩸

https://t.co/WXSA85yfQC

Church safeguarding rarely fails because nobody saw the snake. It fails because people kept calling the snake “misunderstood” right up until it bit someone.

#Safeguarding #SpiritualAbuse #ChurchToo #ChurchOfEngland #ToxicLeadership #GuardingtheFlock

[Gilo @seaofcomplicity]

@GuardintheFlock They for sure put much energy into reputation management. My own experience of Church House (CofE) is that honesty and integrity seem to matter little in the construction of a mirage.

The leadership is part rotten borough and part incompetency.

[GuardingtheFlock @GuardintheFlock]

One of the darkest realities within church safeguarding is that institutions often appear more emotionally distressed by public exposure than by the harm itself.

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