Archbishop of Canterbury resigns ‘in sorrow’ after handling of abuse scandal By Reuters November 13, 2024 London: The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigned on Tuesday, saying he stepped down “in sorrow” after failing to ensure there was a proper investigation into allegations of abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps decades ago. Welby, the spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans worldwide, had faced calls to resign after a report last week found he had taken insufficient action to stop a person it described as arguably the Church of England’s most prolific serial abuser. The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at Buckingham Palace in 2023.Credit: AP “Having sought the gracious permission of His Majesty The King, I have decided to resign as Archbishop of Canterbury,” Welby said in a statement. “I hope this decision makes clear how seriously the Church of England understands the need for change and our profound commitment to creating a safer church. As I step down I do so in sorrow with all victims and survivors of abuse.” Reuters
Thank-you Mickey. It is important to share the abuses through religious institutions. Indeed this post and others like it are worthy of a thread - which I hope you might start. e.g. Titles: "abuses of the Church", "what have pedophiles to do with God?", etc. (It is off-topic here -as this thread is about Jesus's miracles in peoples lives.) Sadly, most people think if a person is speaking of the living God one is speaking of religion. Of course, this is completely wrong. Nevertheless if one uses the word God people think you are speaking of religion -wrong. If one mentions "Jesus" people think you are speaking of Christianity - this too is wrong. Jesus came to save humanity - not to bring it religion. As you recall I created a thread "Cath-olism is not Christianity" Seeing the furor, mindless and unproductive, another choice but have been better "Whore of Babylon" perhaps?. (BTW Anglicans are the Cath-olics of protestants.) These crimes, in your post, should be exposed and any person who commits them is in Satan and has nothing to do with the Savoir. Satan has found a ready home in priests and Jesus exposed them as the "sons of the evil one." Personally, I think all who commit such crimes should be jailed for sodomizing and raping children - it is a criminal offense. So all, all, these criminal perverts. This is thousands and thousands of priests/clergy. As a side note Christianity - the religion was formed in 318AD by the Roman emperor. False teaching introduced in 325AD at the Roman Emperor's orders. The priests, who already in Satan, eagerly accepted Satan's bribes of money power and authority to aid Constantine in his goal to consolidate his power and hold over the Roman Empire (which had diverse peoples and religions) by mandating one official Roman Empire religion where the penalty for not following it and the priests orders, was death. ------------------------ For readers who are interested they might ask (i used bing.com) 1. When was the concept of original sin created? 2. When was the concept of the trinity created? 3. When was reincarnation removed from Christian doctrine? 4. When was the bible banned from being owned by individuals? 5. When was the bible banned from being translated in the common language of people? 6. What happened to William Tyndale (in 1535) and why? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tyndale In any case, I must move forward on other matters, but thank you for your post and I do hope you start a thread exposing the heinous crimes of sexual perverts of religious institutions. God's speed.