Archbishop of Canterbury Forced to Resign Over Sadistic Abuse Scandal, by Jules Gomes

By Jules Gomes, The Stream, November 14, 2024

Dr. Jules Gomes, (BA, BD, MTh, PhD), has a doctorate in biblical studies from the University of Cambridge. Currently a Vatican-accredited journalist based in Rome, he is the author of five books and several academic articles. Gomes lectured at Catholic and Protestant seminaries and universities and was canon theologian and artistic director at Liverpool Cathedral.

253-page report names and shames spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans worldwide

Days after he stubbornly declared that he would not quit as the head of the world’s third largest Christian communion, Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, was forced to resign over a horrific abuse scandal.

Welby, a close friend and ecumenical partner of Pope Francis, announced his resignation Tuesday morning following a tidal wave of outrage led by senior Anglican clergy, parliamentarians, leading public figures, and Christians of all denominations.

Welby was named and shamed in a devastating independent review of John Smyth, an attorney who physically abused more than 130 boys between the ages of 13 and 17, while leading the Iwerne summer camps for evangelical youth over four decades. …

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