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The archbishop’s resignation for failing to respond to abuse complaints speaks of deeper issues in the Church of England, says former editor of the Tablet Catherine Pepinster

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Others in The Church of England may need to resign, a bishop said

Anglican leaders faced pressure Wednesday to speed up reforms following Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby's resignation over a damning report concluding the Church of England covered up a serial abuse case.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said church leaders should not think ‘one head rolling solves the problem’.

Welby is accused of not taking sufficient action to stop one of the Church of England’s most prolific serial abusers.

Julie Conalty, bishop of Birkenhead, welcomes resignation of Justin Welby but says institutional changes needed

Smyth enjoyed ‘opulent lifestyle’ in Cape Town after he was barred from Zimbabwe, where he abused boys at summer camps

Justin Welby’s resignation dominates the headlines as calls grow for others to resign and the archbishop not to be a ‘sacrificial lamb’

More than 100 boys and young men were abused physically, sexually and psychologically in the UK and Africa by John Smyth over five decades.

Richard Gittins told Sky News that bishops ‘who kept the stories to themselves’ should now be held accountable.