A bishop has said the Archbishop of York is “the wrong person” to be leading the Church of England, as he prepares to address a major gathering in place of Justin Welby who quit over safeguarding failures.
Bishop of Newcastle Helen-Ann Hartley, who has previously called for the Church’s current temporary leader Stephen Cottrell to resign, said it is inappropriate for him to be in the role and to be “leading change that the Church needs at this time”.
