In March 2013 the Bishop of Winchester suspended the Dean of
Jersey over
safeguarding issues. The next month, he was reinstated and the Bishop issued an apology. In June 2013, the
Bishop of Winchester apologised to the victim for the handling of her case in 2008. And the next month, Anglican church members in the
Channel Islands met in their
deanery synod, to discuss concerns about their relationship with the Church of England, including whether the islands should stay in the Diocese of Winchester. In November 2013, the Church of England announced that there would be no disciplinary action against any Jersey Anglican member, following an inquiry into the original abuse issue, which had been commissioned in In May 2013 and led by a senior judge, Dame
Heather Steel. In January 2014, some responsibilities for the Deaneries were transferred to the
Diocese of Canterbury. In March, Anglican Churches in Jersey were told they would have to continue to pay their Parish Share to the Diocese of Winchester. In total estimates for the costs of these inquiries ranged from £190,000 to £600,000 at that point. In September 2019, the Church of England published a report laying out
Salisbury as the best diocese for the Deaneries to be a part of, because there were good transport links between both airports and Southampton and
Sarum College would allow for more training opportunities. The report also noted historical links between the Diocese of Salisbury and the Channel Islands deaneries: in 1496 the then Pope sought to establish a connection, and that the first bishop to visit the Islands was Bishop
John Fisher of Salisbury in 1818. == Passage ==