Monday, February 02, 2026

‘I was appalled at church leaders’ indifference to reports of abuse’: Youth worker breaks silence over own fears about embattled PCI

A former youth worker with the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI) has called for the one-time director of the Council of Social Witness to be stripped of his OBE.

The whistleblower, a woman now in her early 40s, claimed Lindsay Conway delayed responding to and then largely disregarded claims she made of a sexual assault in her church.