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Church of England: why the archbishop’s resignation isn’t justice for abuse survivors

Justin Welby resigned as archbishop of Canterbury following a damning report about a prolific child abuser in the Church of England. The report into decades of abuse of more than 100 boys perpetrated by the barrister John Smyth QC in the UK, South Africa and Zimbabwe detailed the Church of…

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Church warned Welby resignation ‘tip of the iceberg’ as pressure grows over sex abuse scandal

Campaigner warns of ‘many other abusers’ within Church of England after damning reporting into John Smyth

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Justin Welby resigns as Archbishop of Canterbury: What happens next?

We look at the process for Justin Welby’s successor

The Independent UK

Archbishop of Canterbury resigns - live: Welby’s Lords seat in doubt amid calls for Labour to refuse peerage

Mr Welby said it was ‘very clear’ he must take responsibility and regretted the Church’s historic failures

The Independent UK

Justin Welby resigns as Archbishop of Canterbury over Church’s child abuse ‘conspiracy of silence’

Justin Welby was under growing pressure to stand down over a damning report into John Smyth QC’s ‘abhorrent’ abuse of children and young men

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Abuse survivors call for Justin Welby to resign as Archbishop of Canterbury in ‘clean sweep’ of Church

Multiple victims of abuse have come forward to call for the Archbishop to stand down

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John Smyth QC abuse survivor calls for ‘clean sweep’ of Church of England

Mark Stibbe, who was abused by John Smyth QC in the 1980s, called for all senior clergy ‘that did nothing but knew what was going on’ to stand down.

Evening Standard

Labour piles pressure on Justin Welby as he faces calls to resign over sexual abuse scandal

MP chosen by Keir Starmer and King to represent Church of England in Commons ‘recognises Welby’s failure’

The Independent UK

Archbishop of Canterbury’s position ‘untenable’ over abuse case, says bishop

Justin Welby is facing growing calls to quit over his response to a serial abuser associated with the Church of England.

Evening Standard

Senior bishop calls for Justin Welby to resign over Church of England sex abuser

Archbishop of Canterbury has ‘lost confidence of his clergy’ over scandal, vicar warns

The Independent UK

Justin Welby 'quit' petition passes 11,000 signatures as pressure on Archbishop of Canterbury grows

Calls for the Archbishop of Canterbury to resign were growing on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Archbishop of Canterbury ‘has lost confidence of clergy after abuse review’

Justin Welby said he has given a lot of thought to resignation but that he will not step down.

The Independent UK

Archbishop of Canterbury apologises after Church of England cover up of abuse by barrister John Smyth

John Smyth died without any of his victims seeing justice

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Church of England response to John Smyth serial abuse ‘amounted to a cover-up’

The abuse spanned five decades and three countries with as many as many as 130 boys and young men victimised, a review found.

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Winchester college society was cult-like, finds report into child abuse

Members of Christian Forum in 70s and 80s ‘showed signs of what would today be described as radicalisation’

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