described as the Secular Church.' In 2005 he was awarded the Cross of St Augustine, given personally by the Archbishop of Canterbury "for outstanding service within the Church of England whether centrally or in the dioceses, or the Anglican Communion as a whole, and to those who have contributed to advancing relations between the various Christian communions and churches." Kendall House In 2006 Stacey was interviewed as part of the British Library's oral history series, National Life Stories, under the title of "Pioneers of Charity and Social Welfare". In the interview about his role in the development of Social Care in Britain, Stacey revealed that during his time as Director of Social Services he did not uncover abuse that warranted referral to the police. A few weeks after Stacey died in 2017 the BBC's Religious Affairs correspondent, Callum May, wrote an article on the BBC website that linked those remarks with Kendall House, a Church of England-run children's home in Gravesend where vulnerable girls were routinely medicated, restrained and abused. Amongst the residents was campaigner Teresa Cooper, whose persistence across three decades led to the Kendall House review, which finally brought the full story of abuse to daylight. The independent review's 2016 report found the institution to have inadequate governance and oversight, made 19 recommendations for the Dioceses of Canterbury and Rochester and concluded that they should apologise to the women who had suffered abuse. The BBC article implied that Stacey, a Church of England parish priest in the 1960s, oversaw Kendall House and must have known of the abuse and failed to report it. A complaint to the BBC was upheld and the BBC accepted that as a Church of England home Kendall House was not overseen by Stacey, that he was not responsible for Kendall House and that it was not "unavoidable that Stacey would have known what was going on but failed to report it". The Church Times which also ran the story published letters clarifying the mistake. The revelations of abuse at Kendall House served to underline the importance of Stacey's pioneering role in the introduction of Professional Fostering. Professional Fostering removed vulnerable children from institutions such as Kendall House and placed them in family homes. The initiative was subsequently introduced by Social Services throughout the UK. Documents held on Kendall House show Rev Stacey was directly involved there and had direct contact with the acting