At a moment when trust is fragile, and safeguarding failures remain painfully close, this investment risks appearing not hopeful, but tone-deaf. GARETH JONESIlfordSafeguarding training and the retired clergyFrom the Revd Jennifer Elliott de RiverolMadam, — Much has already been written about safeguarding training and its complexities in the Church of England. The PTO safeguarding training is mainly online, and it is complex and arduous, with a dense workbook. Without a radical rethink of what is needed to support parish mission, the C of E will not prevent the loneliness of parishioners who feel abandoned by the very institution they look to for support. In opposing what they see as spreading doom and gloom, have they never read the prophets, or the letters to the churches in Revelation, or Paul, or Jesus himself?