The Latest Breaking News from Church of England

Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, resigns over mishandling of John Smyth child abuse case within the Church of England.

Justin Welby’s departure sets in train a process involving the monarch, the PM and a 17-strong voting panel

Amendments to the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill will be debated in the Commons on Tuesday.

Here are the UK’s biggest stories leading Tuesday’s headlines.

Multiple victims of abuse have come forward to call for the Archbishop to stand down

Mark Stibbe, who was abused by John Smyth QC in the 1980s, called for all senior clergy ‘that did nothing but knew what was going on’ to stand down.

Archbishop of Canterbury faces pressure to resign over mishandling of abuse scandal involving John Smyth in the Church of England.

The leader of the world's Anglican communion faced growing pressure on Monday to resign after a damning report which concluded the Church of England had covered up a serial abuse case.

The head of the Church of England, spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, is under pressure to resign after an investigation found he failed to inform police about serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps as soon as he became aware of it