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Holy Smoke: Welby resigns - crisis at the Church of England

Holy Smoke: Welby resigns - crisis at the Church of England

Update: 2024-11-12
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After mounting pressure, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has resigned. His resignation comes days after a damning report into the child abuser John Smyth who was associated with the Church of England. Welby was apparently made aware of the allegations in 2013, yet Smyth died in 2018 before facing any justice. Since the report was published, Welby and the Church have faced questions about the failure to act and the lack of urgency. The Spectator’s editor Michael Gove joins Damian Thompson to discuss what Damian calls ‘not just a shocking moment in the history of the Church of England, but in the history of English Christianity’.  



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Holy Smoke: Welby resigns - crisis at the Church of England

Holy Smoke: Welby resigns - crisis at the Church of England

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