Posted on 11/12/2024 6:57:22 AM PST by jerod
The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has announced that he will step down after facing mounting pressure to quit over his handling of an abuse scandal.
Pressure on Welby has been intensifying since the publication last week of a damning report on the church’s cover-up of John Smyth’s abuse in the UK in the late 1970s and early 80s, and later in Zimbabwe and South Africa. About 130 boys are believed to have been victims.
The independent Makin review into the abuse concluded that he might have been brought to justice had the archbishop formally reported it to police a decade ago.
In a statement posted on social media, Welby said: “Having sought the gracious permission of His Majesty The King, I have decided to resign as Archbishop of Canterbury.
“The Makin Review has exposed the long-maintained conspiracy of silence about the heinous abuses of John Smyth. When I was informed in 2013 and told that police had been notified, I believed wrongly that an appropriate resolution would follow.
“It is very clear that I must take personal and institutional responsibility for the long and retraumatising period between 2013 and 2024.”...
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Marcus not available for comment.
The “Archbishop of Cantebury”. What a joke. More loyal to the hedonistic legacy of Henry VIII than any Christian doctrine. Unless homosexuals are purged from the clergy, these “churches” whatever the denomination will die.
He married Harry and his ‘wife’... he can go and live with them
With all the molestations of boys back in the 80s by the church I wonder, as these boys grew up, how many now were sexually misled and oriented to behave in homosexual practices and if that is one of the reason there is so much of a homosexual community these days. From sexual abuse.
He’s getting outta Dodge one step ahead of the posse.
The only question is whose...
MEghan and the Spare claim he married them 3 days before the multi-million dollar affair at St. George’s Chapel. What a waste of tax dollars cleaning up the city and providing extra security.
“MEghan and the Spare claim he married them 3 days before the multi-million dollar affair...”
It’s been said she lied about that...TOO
Children, including those in utero, have no value to progressives.
There is neither evidence or allegation that Welby himself was involved in any of Smyth's unspeakable activities. Welby's misfortune is that he happened to know Smyth personally.
It's a sad end for Welby, who has performed an impossible job with rather more competence than most of his recent predecessors. But it's a long time since we had a Primate of the stature of the great Michael Ramsey.
Thank you very much, Sir, for giving us a „close-up“ of this saddening story.
I bet that Mr Smyth remained, ahem, very coy about the whole matter towards everyone - including his acquaintance, Archbishop Welby.
If only Anglican priests were allowed to marry ...
LOL... Some prefer not to... For some ‘odd’ reason.
She’s a pathological liar. Opens her mouth and another falls out. He is on the verge of being one, too, but the crying gets in the way. Birds of a feather. They should stay together so they don’t ruin more people’s lives. Besides, there are the invisikids to consider if they split.
Those kids are the reason she will never return to the UK. She can’t have ANYTONE getting at their DNA.
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