The Latest Breaking News from the Makin Review

The only Church of England bishop to publicly demand the resignation of former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby says his departure wasn't enough to solve the church’s “profound failure" in safeguarding vulnerable people or ease the trauma suffered by victims of abuse

The Makin Review concluded that prolific abuser John Smyth might have been brought to justice had the archbishop formally alerted authorities in 2013.

A petition calling on the Archbishop to quit was started by three members of the General Synod.

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.

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

MP chosen by Keir Starmer and King to represent Church of England in Commons ‘recognises Welby’s failure’

Justin Welby is facing growing calls to quit over his response to a serial abuser associated with the Church of England.

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

Calls for the Archbishop of Canterbury to resign were growing on Tuesday