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Justin Welby resigns as archbishop of Canterbury over abuse scandal

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby conducts a service at the All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi, Kenya [File: Ben Curtis/AP]

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the most senior cleric in the Church of England, has announced his resignation, saying he had failed to ensure a proper investigation into allegations of physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps decades ago.

In his resignation letter on Tuesday, Welby said he must take “personal and institutional responsibility” for a lack of action on the “heinous abuses”.

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