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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 - 2 days ago -
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 - Yesterday -
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 - Yesterday -
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 - 2 days ago -
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 - 2 days ago -
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 - 2 days ago -
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 - 2 days ago -
Justin Welby, spiritual leader of global Anglican Communion, resigns over handling of sex abuse scandal
Justin Welby, spiritual leader of global Anglican Communion, resigns over handling of sex abuse scandalWorld - ABC News - 2 days ago -
Who is Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and why did he resign during an abuse scandal?
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, has resigned amid the fallout from a long-running abuse scandalWorld - ABC News - Yesterday -
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 - Yesterday -
Justin Welby to quit as archbishop of Canterbury over handling of abuse scandal
Leader of Church of England had faced pressure since damning report on cover-up of John Smyth’s abuse. The archbishop of Canterbury is to step down amid intense pressure over his handling of one of ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Justin Welby urged to resign in solidarity with C of E abuse victims
Victim of serial abuser John Smyth joins calls for archbishop of Canterbury to quit as 10,000 people sign petition. The archbishop of Canterbury has been urged to stand in solidarity with abuse ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
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 - Yesterday -
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 - Yesterday -
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 - 20 hours ago -
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 - 2 days ago -
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 - Yesterday -
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 - Yesterday -
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 - Yesterday -
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 - Yesterday -
Justin Trudeau pressured to resign by backbench MPs within own party
Disgruntled members of Liberal party give Canadian leader deadline of 28 October to step down before likely electoral drubbing. Disgruntled members of Canada’s Liberal party have given Justin ...World - The Guardian - October 23 -
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General, Andriy Kostin, Resigns Amid Draft Evasion Scandal
The prosecutor general stepped down after accusations that hundreds of officials obtained fake disability certificates. There have been no public allegations that he was involved in the scheme.World - The New York Times - October 23 -
Archbishop Justin Welby's statement in full
The Archbishop of Canterbury says stepping aside is "in the best interests of the Church of England".Top stories - BBC News - 2 days ago -
As Archbishop, He Struggled to Unite the Anglican Church. His Tenure Ended in an Abuse Scandal.
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby’s decadelong fight to drag the Church of England into the 21st century ended this week as the church agreed he should quit over his handling of a child-abuse ...World - The Wall Street Journal - 20 hours ago -
Bishop says more C of E senior clergy may need to resign over abuse scandal
Julie Conalty, bishop of Birkenhead, welcomes resignation of Justin Welby but says institutional changes needed. A bishop and a cabinet minister have said more senior clergy in the Church of ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
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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 - 6 days ago -
The Papers: 'Pressure mounts on Welby' and Lineker to leave MOTD
Calls for the Archbishop of Canterbury's to quit and Gary Lineker's departure from the BBC lead the papers.Top stories - BBC News - 2 days ago -
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 - 6 days ago -
‘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 - Yesterday -
For Trump, a Lifetime of Scandals Heads Toward a Moment of Judgment
No major party presidential candidate, much less president, in American history has been accused of wrongdoing so many times.Top stories - The New York Times - October 20
