Following the announcement today by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland of a statutory inquiry into Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI), the all-Ireland denomination's Acting Clerk, Rev Dr David Allen issued the following statement.
Speaking about the inquiry, Dr Allen said, “Over the last number of weeks, we have been working with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland and we welcome this announcement today. PCI is fully committed to working with the Charity Commission to facilitate this inquiry and will cooperate fully in all aspects.
“As a denomination, we made an announcement on 12 November detailing significant failings in our central safeguarding processes and we have committed ourselves to doing whatever is required to regain the trust that we have lost. We believe that this inquiry will be one further step in this process.
“As part of our commitment to learn lessons and move forward, a number of resolutions will be proposed at the Special General Assembly, on Thursday of this week, which we believe will begin to make the changes required.”
