CHRISTIAN BREAKING NEWS: I Failed to Act on Abuse Scandal as Scale was ‘Overwhelming’: Former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby [#JustinWelby]
CHRISTIAN BREAKING NEWS: I Failed to Act on Abuse Scandal as Scale was ‘Overwhelming’: Former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby [#JustinWelby]
Justin Welby, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, told the BBC that he failed to investigate abuse complaints within the Church of England because the scale of the problem was “absolutely overwhelming”.
In November, he became the first Archbishop in more than 1,000 years to resign as a result of a Church scandal, after a damning independent review determined that he did not follow up thoroughly enough on accusations concerning John Smyth, a serial abuser of children and young men.
In his first interview since quitting, Welby, 68, told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that the sheer scale of the problem was “a reason – not an excuse” for his reluctance to act after assuming office in 2013.
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