Anyone with experiences or knowledge of abuse or harmful behaviour connected to St Andrew’s Chorleywood has been encouraged to engage with a "voluntary call for information and listening exercise".
The diocese said it’s part of a survivor-centred process aimed at listening, learning, and ensuring accountability.
St Andrews Chorleywood is a Charismatic Evangelical church that launched New Wine. It’s other church, Soul Survivor was the subject of a joint investigation by the diocese and the National Safeguarding Team that found that its founder Mike Pilavachi had exhibited “coercive and controlling behaviour”.
In its statement, the diocese said the call for information follows recent safeguarding disclosures which indicate there may be others who have been harmed and not yet heard in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.
The process, which will run until June 2026 when a public summary of findings will be issued, will be managed by a safeguarding case management group overseen by the Diocese’s Safeguarding Advisory Panel.
Its independent chair Philip Waller CBE said: “As Chair of the Safeguarding Case Management Group, and as a former chair of the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisory Panel and a retired Family Court judge, I know how vital it is that we listen to those who have been harmed.
"This process is about creating a safe and respectful space for survivors to share their experiences, helping us to learn, to act responsibly, and to ensure accountability. I am committed to ensuring that this exercise is conducted with fairness, transparency, and the utmost care for those who come forward.”
The diocese said it’s working closely with St Andrew’s, which “is fully supportive of the process.”