After years of prevarication, a general synod next month will discuss proposals to finally outsource safeguarding to an independent body. Reform must not be delayed any longer. At the same meeting, Dame Sarah will need to reassure LGBTQ+ Anglicans that the path to same-sex marriage in the church has not been permanently closed down after bitter opposition from traditionalists. In the years ahead, progress may spell trouble for its relations with conservative members of the worldwide communion. Ultimately, however, unity without true inclusion is a hollow concept.