Safeguarding at Belmont
Abbot Brendan Thomas • June 19, 2025
The Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency Report, published in June 2025
Belmont Abbey Audit
From the very beginning of the implementing of safeguarding policies in the Catholic Church in England and Wales, Belmont has taken this duty very seriously and, with the help of the Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA), the Religious Life Safeguarding Service (RLSS) and the Archdiocese of Cardiff Safeguarding Commission, we have trained our monks to put all the policies into effect as a matter of priority.
Recently an independent audit was carried out by the CSSA. A visit took place on 3rd March 2005, and the report was published in June 2025. It is available here for all to read.
The monastery's Designated Safeguarding Leads are Lucy and Paul Zammit, and further details are on our safeguarding page.
It was wonderful to see so many people at the annual torchlight procession in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We also enjoyed an evening of wonderful magic and music with Fr Dominic and friends... all in a good cause.
At a solemn Mass, the feast of St Basil and St Gregory, Br Alban makes his promises as a claustral oblate.
