George Carey, who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1991 to 2002, has resigned at the age of 90. While his resignation letter did not specify a reason, the BBC reported that Carey allowed a priest who had been suspended for sexual abuse allegations to return to the priesthood.
George Carey , who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1991 to 2002, resigned at the age of 90. His resignation letter, sent on December 4th, did not mention the reason for his departure. However, the BBC reported that Carey allowed a priest, David Tudor, to return to the priesthood in 1994 after Tudor was suspended for five years over allegations of sexual assault against teenage girls.
Tudor was barred for life from the ministry in October after admitting to sexual relationships with two teenage girls in the 1980s. The archbishop of Canterbury is the spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, which has 85 million adherents in 165 countries
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