Church of England weighs new watchdog to police abuse failures after Justin Welby resignation - The general synod will meet in February following the fall-out from a child abuse inquiry that led to th ...

LONDON - Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will end his duties on Monday after quitting amid an abuse cover-up scandal, but his interim successor is facing scrutiny in a similar case ...

Justin Welby has formally ended his 11-year tenure as Archbishop of Canterbury, laying down his bishop’s staff. Mr Welby ceases to hold the leading role within the Church from midnight, with the ...

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 ...

Welby, 69, will be replaced on a temporary basis by outgoing Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell, currently the second most senior cleric in the mother church of Anglicanism. He has also faced ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will end his duties on Monday after quitting amid an abuse cover-up scandal, but his interim successor is facing scrutiny in a similar case, ...

Justin Welby has formally ended his 11-year tenure as Archbishop of Canterbury, laying down his bishop’s staff. Mr Welby ceases to hold the leading role within the Church from midnight ...

The Most Rev Justin Welby spent his final day as head of the Anglican Church entertaining guests at Lambeth Palace. During his last day in office on Monday, which falls on the feast of Epiphany ...

Justin Welby will formally step down as Archbishop of Canterbury at the close of Monday, marking the end of his decade-long tenure as the Church of England's spiritual leader. His departure ...