Justin Welby resigned as archbishop of Canterbury following a damning report about a prolific child abuser in the Church of England. The report into decades of abuse of more than 100 boys perpetrated by the barrister John Smyth QC in the UK, South Africa and Zimbabwe detailed the Church of England’s cover-up of the abuse.

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.

It is very clear that I must take personal and institutional responsibility for the long and re-traumatizing period between 2013 and 2024,” said Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.

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

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 victims of abuse.

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

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.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England, resigns after an inquiry kindled anger about a lack of accountability for sex abuse scandal.

Thirty members of the Church of England clergy face being sacked over their failure to stop the most prolific child abuser in the institution’s history.