Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the most senior leader in the Church of England, has resigned over his handling of a child abuse case, according to his official account.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, resigned after a review found he and other Anglican Church leaders covered up "prolific and abhorrent" abuse of boys and young men.

Welby is not the first, nor the last, public figure whose career was brought to a painful end. But having made history for the wrong reasons, anonymity and obscurity is perhaps not his to choose.