Archbishop of Canterbury urged to quit over failure to pursue John Smyth, who is believed to have abused about 130 boys
Welby said last week that he had considered resigning over his ‘shameful’ decision not to act remorselessly to deal with reports of abuse by John Smyth.Welby said last week that he had considered resigning over his ‘shameful’ decision not to act remorselessly to deal with reports of abuse by John Smyth.
Lambeth Palace, the archbishop’s headquarters, said in a statement on Monday that Welby had “apologised profoundly both for his own failures and omissions, and for the wickedness, concealment and abuse by the church more widely” but “does not intend to resign”.in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and later in Zimbabwe and South Africa. About 130 boys are believed to have been victims.Makin described the abuse as “prolific, brutal and horrific”.
Welby had volunteered at the holiday camps in the late 1970s but has said he was unaware of the allegations at the time. After Channel 4 News exposed Smyth’s abuse in 2017, Welby told the programme he had “no idea that there was anything as horrific as this going on … I had no suspicions at all”.
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