Welby’s resignation comes against the backdrop of widespread historical sexual abuse in the Church of England.
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00:00The head of the Church of England resigned after an investigation found that he failed
00:07to tell police about serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps
00:12as soon as he became aware of it.
00:15Pressure had been growing on the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, since Thursday
00:20when his refusal to accept responsibility for his failure to report the abuse in England
00:25and in Africa in 2013, kindled anger about a lack of accountability within the English
00:30Church.
00:32The news comes against the backdrop of widespread historical sexual abuse in the Church of England.
00:38A 2022 report by the Independent Inquiry Child Sexual Abuse Organisation found that
00:44deference to the authority of priests, taboos surrounding the discussion of sexuality and
00:49a culture that gave more support to alleged perpetrators than their victims helped make
00:54the Church of England a place where abusers could hide.