Justin Welby resigns as Archbishop of Canterbury over abuse scandal

BY REUTERS Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the senior cleric of the Church of England, resigned “in sorrow” on Tuesday, saying he had failed to ensure a proper investigation into allegations of abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps decades ago. Welby, also spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans worldwide, had faced calls to resign after a report last week found he had taken insufficient action to stop arguably the Church’s most prolific serial abuser. In his resignation letter, Welby said he must take “personal and institutional responsibility” for lack of action on the “heinous abuses”. “The last few days have renewed my long felt and profound sense of shame at the historic safeguarding failures of the Church of […] The post Justin Welby resigns as Archbishop of Canterbury over abuse scandal first appeared on 93.3 KFM.