Nearly 2 000 sign petition urging Anglican church head to step down after report finds Church of England failed to act on abuse allegations.
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby under fire after report reveals Church of England covered up serial abuse case involving over 130 victims.
Three members of the General Synod, the Church’s national assembly, have started a petition demanding that Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby quit in the wake of the revelations. Dozens are believed to have been abused in African countries, after Smyth relocated to Zimbabwe in 1984 and then South Africa in 2001, according to the report.The findings of the long-awaited independent review into the case found that Welby “could and should” have formally reported the abuse to authorities in 2013.
“If I’d known before 2013 or had grounds for suspicion, that would be a resigning matter then and now. But I didn’t,” he told the broadcaster. “Given his role in allowing abuse to continue, we believe that his continuing as the Archbishop of Canterbury is no longer tenable,” it adds.
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