Church of England. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resignation
Archbishop of Canterbury resigns over Church of England abuse scandal
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has resigned following a report into a child abuser associated with the Church of England.
In his resignation statement, Welby said the report « exposed the long-maintained conspiracy of silence about the heinous abuses of John Smyth ». He added, when he was told in 2013 that Smyth had been reported to police, « I believed wrongly that an appropriate resolution would follow ».