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Abuse survivors call for further Church of England resignations
The Archbishop of Canterbury has announced he will step down over a damning report into abuse.Top stories - BBC News - November 13 -
Survivor calls for Welby to resign over Church abuse scandal
Andrew Morse was abused by John Smyth from the age of 17 to 21, and says the Church should have been more proactive.Top stories - BBC News - November 12 -
Head of Church of England Resigns Over Alleged Failure to Deal With Prolific Abuser
Archbishop Justin Welby stepped down under pressure over allegations that he had failed to act adequately against a serial child abuser.World - The Wall Street Journal - November 12 -
Bishop says Welby's position in Church is untenable
Justin Welby said he should have more rigorously followed up the details of John Smyth's abuse in 2013.Top stories - BBC News - November 12 -
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Church of England head Justin Welby under pressure to resign amid abuse scandal
The head of the Church of England, spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, is under pressure to resign after an investigation found he failed to inform police about serial physical and ...World - ABC News - November 11 -
Church of England head Justin Welby resigns over handling of sex abuse scandal
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, resigned Tuesday after an investigation found he failed to tell police ...World - ABC News - November 12 -
Church of England must do more to combat abuse, bishop says after Archbishop of Canterbury resigns
The only Church of England bishop to publicly demand the resignation of former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby says his departure wasn't enough to solve the church’s “profound failure" in ...World - ABC News - November 13 -
Archbishop of Canterbury resigns over Church abuse scandal
His resignation comes after a damning report into a prolific child abuser associated with the Church.Top stories - BBC News - November 12 -
New Zealand's leader formally apologizes to survivors of abuse in state and church care
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has made a “formal and unreserved” apology in Parliament for the abuse, torture and neglect of an estimated 200,000 children and vulnerable adults in ...World - ABC News - November 12 -
Archbishop of Canterbury under pressure to resign over church abuse ‘cover-up’
Justin Welby faces growing calls to step down after report into child abuser John SmythWorld - Financial Times - November 11 -
Archbishop of Canterbury Resigns Over U.K. Church Abuse Scandal
The Most Rev. Justin Welby, the leader of 85 million Anglicans worldwide, announced his resignation days after a report found he had taken insufficient action over claims of abuse.World - The New York Times - November 13 -
Head of Anglican Church resigns over handling of child abuse
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.Top stories - CBS News - November 12 -
Why the head of the Anglican Church resigned over child abuse handling
Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has resigned as the head of the Anglican Church over his handling of child abuse cases apparently perpetrated by a British lawyer who helped lead ...Top stories - CBS News - November 12 -
Church of England ‘directly responsible’ for John Smyth abuse in Zimbabwe, victim says
Rocky Leanders, then 15, was beaten with wooden paddle by Smyth at camp where boys were made to swim naked. When John Smyth gave a presentation at their school about his Christian holiday camps in ...World - The Guardian - November 16 -
John Smyth abuse report triggers ‘existential crisis’ in Church of England
Shock waves triggered by archbishop’s resignation are culmination of years of simmering rage among churchgoers and survivors of abuse. As the faithful give thanks to God in England’s 16,500 parish ...World - The Guardian - November 16 -
Why didn’t police prosecute 'brutal' abuser linked to Church of England?
Review suggested police were overwhelmed by historical sex abuse cases following Savile scandal.Top stories - BBC News - November 17 -
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Report finds Church of England covered up 'horrific' abuse at summer camps decades ago
An independent review has found the Church of England covered up “horrific’ abuse by a lawyer who volunteered at Christian summer camps in the 1970s and 1980sWorld - ABC News - November 7 -
John Smyth victim calls for more bishops to resign over abuse cover-up
Man beaten until he bled as a child says Stephen Conway, Jo Bailey Wells and others must ‘look at their consciences’. One of John Smyth’s victims has called for more bishops to resign over the ...World - The Guardian - November 15 -
Church at precarious moment after Welby resignation
Justin Welby behaved like a politician and in some ways has faced the downfall of one, writes religion editor Aleem Maqbool.Top stories - BBC News - November 13 -
The abuse scandal that led to the archbishop's resignation
Justin Welby said he had to take responsibility for failures since he was notified about abuse committed by John Smyth.Top stories - BBC News - November 12 -
'He'd be enraged': Al Fayed abuse survivors on their friendship
Five survivors of Mohamed Al Fayed's abuse say they have found comfort in each other's friendship.Top stories - BBC News - November 12 -
Church covered up 'abhorrent' abuse, report finds
John Smyth QC's abuse of more than 100 children and young men was covered up for years, a report concludes.Top stories - BBC News - November 7 -
The Church of England is beset by shame and division. Can it survive?
After Justin Welby’s resignation and the John Smyth abuse scandal, critics say a reckoning can no longer be avoided. The resignation last week of the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby , has ...World - The Guardian - November 17 -
‘Church in crisis’: what the papers say about the archbishop of Canterbury’s resignation
Justin Welby’s resignation dominates the headlines as calls grow for others to resign and the archbishop not to be a ‘sacrificial lamb’. UK papers on Wednesday focused on the archbishop of ...World - The Guardian - November 13 -
Archbishop of Canterbury resigns amid backlash for failing to report serial abuser
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigned Tuesday after an investigation found he failed to promptly report abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps.Top stories - NBC News - November 12 -
Archbishop of Canterbury resigns over abuse scandal
Justin Welby had faced intense pressure over his role in Church of England’s failure to halt years of attacks by child abuserBusiness - Financial Times - November 12 -
Irish school abuse inquiry should cover ‘leathering’, survivors say
Former pupils of Catholic schools say corporal punishment was ‘hourly occurence’ in 60s and 70s. The Irish government has been urged to extend the scope of a statutory inquiry into historical child ...World - The Guardian - October 30 -
New Zealand offers ‘unreserved’ apology to 200,000 survivors of ‘horrific’ abuse in care
Historic apology by PM Christopher Luxon comes after landmark report that exposed decades of abuse in state and faith-based care institutions. New Zealand’s prime minister Christopher Luxon has ...World - The Guardian - November 12 -
Abuse survivors urge the Vatican to globalize the zero-tolerance policy it approved in the US
Survivors of clergy sexual abuse are urging the Vatican to adopt the same zero-tolerance policy that it approved for the U.S. Catholic Church in 2002World - ABC News - 5 days ago -
Al Fayed abuse could be on scale of Savile, survivors’ advocate tells BBC
Speaking about her new role, Dame Jasvinder Sanghera says Al Fayed's "tentacles went far and wide".Top stories - BBC News - 4 days ago
