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Evening Standard
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Aine Fox

Bishop: Scrutiny right but new Archbishop of Canterbury must have room to lead

Incoming Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally will be legally confirmed in the role on Wednesday (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Wire)

The incoming Archbishop of Canterbury can expect to face scrutiny but must be given “room to lead”, the Church’s head of safeguarding said, days before a formal service to confirm the election of Dame Sarah Mullally.

Dame Sarah, who has been Bishop of London for almost a decade and is a former chief nursing officer, was officially named in October as the first woman to take the Church of England’s top ministry role.

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