The most senior cleric in the Church of England is under mounting pressure to resign after a damning report accused him of failing to take sufficient action against a sadistic child abuser.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the most senior cleric in the Church of England, is under mounting pressure to resign after a damning report accused him of failing to take sufficient action against a sadistic child abuser.
” Lambeth Palace, the archbishop’s headquarters, said in a statemen on Monday that Welby “does not intend to resign” and that he has “apologised profoundly both for his own failures and omissions, and for the wickedness, concealment and abuse by the church more widely.” Failure to act After Channel 4 News reported on Smyth’s abuse in 2017, the Bishop of Guildford, Andrew Watson, came forward as a victim, saying he had suffered a “violent, excruciating and shocking” beating at the hands of Smyth.
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