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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Aine Fox

Justin Welby: Quitting is in best interests of church I dearly love

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has tendered his resignation (Andrew Milligan/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Archbishop of Canterbury said his resignation after days of pressure following a damning report into abuse cover-up is in the best interests of the Church of England.

Justin Welby said he was quitting “in sorrow with all victims and survivors of abuse”, less than a week after an independent review concluded the most prolific serial abuser to be associated with the church might have been brought to justice had the Archbishop formally reported him to police a decade ago.

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