Justin Welby is spending his final day as Archbishop of Canterbury, as he prepares to step down over failures in handling a Church of England abuse scandal. Almost two months after announcing his ...

Dr Welby will officially quit the role at midnight on Monday almost two months after announcing his resignation after a damning report exposed a “conspiracy of silence” around the abuse.

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She said: “The Church now has a new leader whose record on safeguarding has also been called into question, like Justin Welby’s was.” Ms Duckworth said nothing less than complete reform of ...

Justin Welby will formally give up the position on ... but there is a fear of conflating criticism of the Jewish state with being antisemitic. There is no place for antisemitism, but neither ...

Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury's resignation amid a sex abuse scandal has led to widespread speculations about who would be the next archbishop — the spiritual leader of 85 million ...

The Bishop of Dover has said she "did not want" former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby "to have resigned" and has confirmed she is not a contender to replace him. Mr Welby stepped down in ...

FILE - Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby delivers his speech as Pope Francis presides over the first vespers on the day the Catholic church celebrates the conversion of St. Paul, in the St ...

Justin Welby is spending his final day as Archbishop of Canterbury, as he prepares to step down over failures in handling a Church of England abuse scandal. Almost two months after announcing his ...