More senior clergy in the Church of England might need to resign following the Archbishop of Canterbury s decision to step down over personal failings in how decades of abhorrent child abuse by the

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans worldwide, resigned Tuesday amid intense pressure over his handling of a notorious child abuser.

The Church of England faced pressure on Wednesday to ensure people are held to account for systematically covering up allegations of abuse, one day after the Archbishop of Canterbury resigned over a church abuse scandal.

Archbishop Justin Welby resigned under pressure over allegations that he had failed to act adequately against a serial child abuser.

An independent review published last week found Mr Welby - the most senior bishop within the Church of England - and other church officers should have formally reported Smyth in 2013 to police in the UK and authorities in South Africa. Smyth was accused of ...

Church of England head Justin Welby has resigned after an investigation found that he failed to inform police about serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps as soon as he became aware of it.

"As I step down I do so in sorrow with all victims and survivors of abuse," the Rev. Justin Welby wrote in a statement shared on social media

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 safeguarding vulnerable people or ease the trauma suffered by

Other people may need to resign, the Church of England’s deputy lead bishop for safeguarding has warned in the wake of Justin Welby’s decision to step down from his role. The Archbishop of Canterbury has resigned after a damning report found he failed to alert police about sexual abuse allegations made against a barrister associated with the Church of England.