Bishop Lang is the Bishop of Clifton which covers Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1975 for the Diocese of Portsmouth and ordained Bishop of Clifton in March 2001.

He was a member of the Cumberlege Commission which reviewed the Nolan Report concerning the protection of children and vulnerable adults. He is now vice chair of the National Catholic Safeguarding Commission.

Within the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales Bishop Lang is part of the Department for Dialogue and Unity. He is the Co-Chair of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Committee (ARC) and also the Co-Chair for the Committee for Roman Catholic and United Reformed Church dialogue in England and Wales. He is the Bishop responsible for environmental issues. Bishop Lang was elected as Moderator of the next Churches Together in England Forum to be held in 2009.

He is a member of the Mixed Commission of Bishops and Major Religious Superiors and is a trustee of the Pontifical Missionary Societies.

Jane Bertelsen has been a member of the Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood, an international missionary congregation for over 30 years. She is currently based in Godalming, Surrey where she serves on the Congregational Leadership Team. Following her initial training she was missioned to New Zealand in 1979 and then to Australia in 1983 where she spent the next 19 years before returning to UK in 2002.

Prior to her election to the Leadership Team she was the Regional Leader of the Australia/ Philippines region for 3 years and then the England/Scotland region for 6 years. During this time she served on the National Executive of the Conference of Religious in both Australia and England/Wales. Within her congregation she has also held various formation and administrative roles before taking on the ministry of leadership. During these periods of leadership she has been involved, on both sides of the world, with Safeguarding Issues and the development of policy and the formation of church members in the this area.

Jane has a background in primary & secondary education in New Zealand and Australia. Her first degree is in science and she also holds a theology degree and a Diploma of Education. She was a parish pastoral leader for 10 years in Melbourne working in a developing area of the city building a new parish community with a collaborative, inclusive leadership model.

Alongside her main ministries Jane has worked as a facilitator particularly with religious congregations and parish and diocesan groups.

Bishop John Arnold was ordained Bishop and appointed as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Westminster on 3rd February 2006. He is assigned the titural see of Lindisfarne and has responsibility for the pastoral care of the deaneries of Barnet, Brent, Enfield, Haringey, and Harrow.

John Arnold was born in Sheffield and attended Mylnhurst Convent School, before attending Grace Dieu Manor Preparatory school and Ratcliffe College, both schools run by the Institute of Charity (Rosminians). In 1975 He graduated with a Law Degree from Trinity College, Oxford and completed his legal qualification by being called to the Bar in the Middle Temple in 1976 after studies at the Council of Legal Education.

In the autumn of the same year, he entered the novitiate of the Institute of Charity (Rosminians), taking simple vows in 1978 before beginning studies at the Gregorian University in Rome. In 1981 he transferred to the Venerable English College and continued his studies for the Diocese of Westminster, completing both a Licence and a Doctorate in Canon Law. He was ordained by Cardinal Basil Hume as a deacon in November 1982, and a priest in July 1983. With the completion of studies in Rome, he was appointed to Westminster Cathedral as a chaplain, with responsibilities for the Westminster Hospital in 1985.

In 1989 he was appointed as Sub Administrator of the Cathedral under Canon Oliver Kelly and subsequently under Patrick O’Donoghue, now Bishop of Lancaster. In 1993 he was became parish priest of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St George in Enfield and remained there until 2001, serving also as Promoter of Justice for Cardinal Hume. In 2001 he was appointed as Chancellor and Vicar General by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor. During this time he was primarily responsible for planning two consultations within the Diocese on spiritual renewal and forming a vision for the future, in response to Pope John Paul II’s invitation in “Novo Millennio Ineunte” (At the Beginning of the new Millennium). In 2003 he was made a Chaplain to the Papal Household.

During his appointment at the Cathedral, he assisted in the compilation of two books published by Cardinal Hume; “Light in the Lord” and “Towards a Civilisation of Love”. Having contributed to “AIDS: Meeting the Community Challenge”, he published “The Quality of Mercy, A fresh look at the Sacrament of Reconciliation” in 1993.

Matthew Blake was born 1962 in Ireland, the eldest of a family of six. After finishing school and working for a while with an insurance company he joined the Carmelite Order in 1981. He studied in Ireland and Rome and was ordained a priest in 1988.

For thirteen years he was director and administrator of the Carmelite Retreat House outside Oxford. Most of his ministry has been in the area of retreats and spiritual direction.

Over the years in the Carmelite Order he has held many positions of leadership, formation and administration. Currently he is superior of the Carmelite Community at Kensington and parish priest.

Among the other ministries he is involved in are the following:

• Spiritual support of the lay members the Carmelite Order
• Retreats
• Spiritual Direction
• Pastoral care of priests
• Spiritual director of St. Patrick’s Evangelisation School, Soho Square.

Also, at present, he is involved in the setting up of a charity to work with victims of sex trafficking and prostitution.

He is a former member of the executive of the Conference of Religious and currently works with COR in the area of Safeguarding.

Until June 2006 Valerie Brasse worked for nearly 20 years in the Department of Health in a number of senior posts dealing with health and children’s social care and was seconded to the Victoria Climbie child abuse inquiry as its social care adviser. On leaving the civil service she was appointed secretary/adviser to the Cumberlege Commission and was responsible for drafting its report ‘Safeguarding with Confidence’- a review of the Catholic Church’s safeguarding arrangements for children and vulnerable adults.

Valerie is a non executive board member of the new Independent Safeguarding Authority and has recently been appointed an independent lay member of the Metropolitan Police Authority.

Kevin Caffrey is currently CEO of a Social Care Charity (Father Hudson's Society, Archdiocese of Birmingham) and responsible for social care services to children, families and adults in need. Previously he was Area Director of Social Services (Derbyshire) and has a background as qualified social worker in practice, training and management. He has many years operational experience of child protection and adult protection services.

Kevin is currently chair of the Safeguarding Commission of the Archdiocese of Birmingham and is a parish safeguarding representative.

Bishop Peter Doyle was born in Lancashire on 3rd May 1944. The family then moved to Essex in 1951. his secondary schooling was at St. Ignatius College, Stamford Hill. In 1961 the family moved to Hampshire. He had a place at Sandhurst, but applied to the Bishop of Portsmouth as he wondered whether he had a vocation to the priesthood. Bishop Peter’s Jesuit headmaster told him not to talk as if he had measles!

He studied for the priesthood at Allen Hall Seminary, and was ordained priest on 8th June 1968. Following two postings as an assistant priest at St. Joseph’s, Copnor and St. Edward’s, Windsor, he was Administrator of St. John’s Cathedral for twelve years and then Parish Priest of St. Joseph’s, Maidenhead for three years and of St. Peter’s, Winchester for almost fifteen years. In addition, he had varied Diocesan responsibilities.

Having worked very happily as a priest in a parish for thirty seven years, he was appointed Bishop of Northampton and ordained Bishop in Northampton Cathedral on 28th June 2005. The transition from Parish Priest to Bishop has been even greater than he had anticipated, but he has have received enormous support from the clergy and people of Northampton Diocese.

In his earlier years Bishop Peter played rugby for Windsor and Portsmouth. Now he is a keen spectator and supporter of Northampton Saints. He still skis and plays the occasional game of golf.

In the light of the Gospel and of his pastoral experience, Bishop Peter considers himself privileged to be a member of the National Catholic Safeguarding Commission and is committed to its role in the life and mission of the Church.

I am a qualified Social Worker with 38 years experience in the field. Specialising in work with adults with learning disability for much of that time with experience in managing social work services for people with a physical disability or sensory loss. I have also managed Occupational Therapy Services offering equipment and adaptations to disabled people. I have held joint appointments with health and local authority with respect to services for people with a learning difficulty. For the last 4 years I have been the Adult Safeguarding Manager for an inner city metropolitan borough. I have been the Chair of the North West Commission for Safeguarding in Religious Orders for the last 2 years.

Terence Grange retired from the police service in 2007 after 36 years and a career in three police forces, in London, Avon and Somerset and finally as the Chief Constable of the Dyfed Powys Police in Wales.

From 2000 to 2007 he was the lead officer for the police service in England and Wales on child abuse and the management of dangerous people. He assisted in the creation of national police policy and legislation in these areas and other issues involving violence within and outside families. He worked nationally with the Probation Service and the National Offender Management Service in creating arrangements for the monitoring of sex offenders in the community and with the Government in the recent piloting of “Sarah’s Law”, the notification to responsible adults of the presence of an offender close to their family.

Terence is married with three adult daughters and two grandchildren.

A member of the Cumberledge Commission he was delighted to be offered the opportunity to work with the NCSC.

Having read Social Sciences at the University of Durham, Elizabeth went on to qualify as a Probation Officer at the University of Edinburgh. She has had a career over 25 years in the Criminal Justice system and allied fields, working in clinical, training, research & development and management roles. Most recently, 2004-2010, Elizabeth has worked at the Ministry of Justice as national head of sex offender treatment for the Probation Service for England and Wales.

Elizabeth has specialised for the majority of her career in the areas of sexual abuse and sex offending and has a regarded reputation in the field, both in the UK and internationally, in respect of her knowledge and expertise and for innovation and advancement of practice. Her areas of coverage include strategy and policy development, design and implementation of assessment and treatment provisions and associated training and learning development, plus, monitoring and evaluation. Elizabeth has operated extensively in multi-agency settings and with a broad range of public sector, private and voluntary organisations, in pursuit of safeguarding matters, engagement of perpetrators, protection and prevention of victims. Most recently she has moved into independent practice, where she is consulting and training to a range of government, statutory and non-statutory organisations, UK and abroad.

Elizabeth presents at National and International Conferences on sexual offending and safeguarding areas. She is on international registers of experts, forums and associate bodies for advancement of knowledge and services in her areas of expertise. She is visiting lecturer at a number of UK Universities for forensic, social care, health, psychology higher degree courses. She is published in professional journals.

Appointed to the NCSC most recently, at the end of 2010, Elizabeth is pleased to have an opportunity to deploy her professional knowledge and skills to the further development of safeguarding practice in the Catholic Church.

Susie Hayward originally read law and trained as a barrister.  She worked negotiating television contracts for the entertainment industry and then moved into television journalism and production.  Having married, Susie spent time at home with her children and worked voluntarily for charitable causes.

She became involved with church related affairs some twenty-five years ago and joined a number of committees organising adult religious educational and justice programmes in the Diocese of Westminster.  Subsequently Susie studied theology at Allen Hall (Westminster Diocesan Seminary) and Spiritual Direction at Heythrop College (London University).  Resulting from these studies Susie has given workshops and retreats worldwide.  She became increasingly interested in psychology and spirituality and to that end she studied psychology at the University of Surrey.

Susie went on to gain an MA in humanistic psychology from CIIS (Calif.USA) specialising in addictions.  Her work took her to the Far East where she worked in adult religious education with refugees and the expatriate community.  Returning to the UK, Susie trained as a psychotherapist continuing to specialise in addictions and abuse.

Her combined trainings in spiritual direction, theology and psychology led Susie to work in particular with priests and religious.  For the past five years Susie has been the resident psychologist and consultant to a large monastic community.  Her work there included formation and care of historic cases.  Susie sometimes lectures and has written a number of published articles and essays relating to her field.  In 2007, Susie was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts for her contribution in developing sustainable communities.

Brother Aidan has been the Provincial of the De La Salle Brothers since April 2008. He taught for many years in England before spending 10 years based in Rome undertaking international formation responsibilities for his Congregation, particularly in Africa and Asia. Before returning to the UK in 2008 he was based in Singapore as formation co-ordinator for his Congregation's Asia-Pacific region.

Father Kristian Paver was ordained in 1992 and is a priest of the Diocese of Plymouth.  He has been Judicial Vicar of the Diocese since 1996 and Parish Priest of Totnes, Devon, since 2000.  Father Kristian is presently a lecturer in canon law at St Mary’s University College, Strawberry Hill (2003- ). He is a Judge of the Diocese of Oslo since 2004. Father Kristian represents the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, the National Conference of Priests and the Conference of Religious on the Clergy Working Group established by then Department for Trade and Industry (now BERR) to consider the employment status of clergy and is a member of the Healthcare Reference Group of the CBCEW. He acts as canonical consultant to various Religious Institutes.

In addition to degrees in theology from the Catholic University of Leuven and a Licentiate in Canon Law from the Pontifical Lateran University, including the gaining of Certificates in the Jurisprudence and Practice of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life and of the Congregation for the Clergy, he has taken specialist courses in the Laws of South Asia and Human Rights in the Developing World at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and attended courses in Anglican Canon Law at the University of Cardiff.

His previous experience includes:

• Lecturer in canon law at the Missionary Institute London
• Lecturer in canon law at Heythrop College, University of London
• Judge at the Metropolitan Tribunal of Westminster
• Defender of the Bond for the Diocese of Gibraltar.   
• Member of the Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland’s Working Party on Child Protection Procedures to consider the canonical implications of the Nolan Report Recommendations and to produce written guidance for bishops and others
• Member of the CBCEW Canon Law/COPCA Working Party
• Member of the CBCEW Cumberlege Implementation Group

Rose is the Secretary to the NCSC.

A former nurse with 36 years of experience in the NHS, she was Clinical Risk Manager and then Head of Clinical Governance in a large NHS Trust prior to her retirement in 2005. She has experience of implementing government policy through local procedures, employing staff, setting up incident reporting and investigating procedures and advising the Trust Board on Governance.

Rose now undertakes a variety of roles: she works as a Management Consultant (part time) and from 2005 to 2009 was a part time Diocesan Safeguarding Officer for the Diocese of Lancaster. She is a Trustee for the Abaseen Foundation (UK), a registered charity which supports healthcare and education in North West Pakistan.