{"id":124753,"date":"2024-11-11T22:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T15:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124753"},"modified":"2024-11-11T22:56:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T15:56:02","slug":"church-of-england-head-justin-welby-under-pressure-to-resign-amid-abuse-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124753","title":{"rendered":"Church of England head Justin Welby under pressure to resign amid abuse scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>LONDON (AP) \u2014 The head of the Church of England, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/church-of-england-abuse-coverup-report-archbishop-8fc2d00dab35153de78251d344a9a592\">spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, is under pressure to resign<\/a><\/span> after an investigation found that 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.<\/p>\n<p>Some members of the General Synod, the church\u2019s national assembly, have started a petition calling on Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to step down, saying he had \u201clost the confidence of his clergy.\u201d The petition had garnered more than 1,800 signatures on <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"http:\/\/change.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Change.org<\/a><\/span> by late morning London time on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Compounding the pressure, a senior cleric added her voice to those who believe he should resign. Helen-Ann Hartley, the bishop of Newcastle, told the BBC that Welby\u2019s position is \u201cuntenable.\u2019&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>Calls for Welby\u2019s resignation have grown since Thursday, when the church released the results of an independent review into John Smyth, who sexually, psychologically and physically abused about 30 boys and young men in the United Kingdom and 85 in Africa over five decades. <\/p>\n<p>The 251-page report concluded that Welby failed to report Smyth to authorities when he was informed of the abuse in August 2013, soon after he became Archbishop of Canterbury.<\/p>\n<div data-module=\"\" data-module-trackunsubscribe=\"\" class=\"PageListEnhancementGeneric Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<p><bsp-list-loadmore data-module=\"\" class=\"PageListStandardB\" data-gtm-region=\"RELATED COVERAGE\" data-gtm-topic=\"No Value\" data-hide-dates=\"true\" 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statement said. \u201cHe hopes the Makin Review supports the ongoing work of building a safer church here and around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Church officials were first made aware of the abuse in 1982, when they received the results of an internal investigation into Smyth. The recipients of that report \u201cparticipated in an active cover-up\u201d to prevent its findings from coming to light, the Makin Review found.<\/p>\n<p>Between 1984 and 2001, Smyth moved to Zimbabwe and subsequently relocated to South Africa. He continued to abuse boys and young men in Zimbabwe and there is evidence that the abuse continued in South Africa until he died in August 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Smyth\u2019s abuse wasn\u2019t made public until a 2017 investigation by Britain\u2019s Channel 4 television, which led Hampshire Police to start an investigation. Police were planning to question Smyth at the time of his death and had been preparing to extradite him. <\/p>\n<p>The Makin Review found that if Smyth had been reported to police in 2013, it could have helped to uncover the truth, prevented further abuse and led to a possible criminal conviction. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn effect, three and a half years was lost, a time within which John Smyth could have been brought to justice and any abuse he was committing in South Africa discovered and stopped,\u201d the review found.<\/p>\n<p>The Archbishop of Canterbury is the head of the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/85530acc8f2f64cdb31a2db6ac5bdef3\">Church of England<\/a><\/span> and is seen as the spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion, which has more than 85 million members in 165 countries. 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