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Starmer refuses to back Justin Welby after clamor for archbishop to resign

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Starmer refuses to back Justin Welby after clamor for archbishop to resign



Prime minister says victims of serial abuser John Smyth ‘failed very, very badly’Keir Starmer has refused to back the archbishop of Canterbury, who has faced growing demands to resign over his handling of an abuse scandal.Pressure on Justin Welby has been intensifying since the publication last week of a damning report on the church’s cover-up of John Smyth’s abuse in the UK in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and later in Zimbabwe and South Africa. About 130 boys are believed to have been victims. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/12/starmer-refuses-to-back-justin-welby-after-clamor-for-archbishop-to-resign

Author : Emine Sinmaz

Publish date : 2024-11-12 12:53:29

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