Archbishop Welby resigns: abuse scandal shaken church!

Archbishop Welby resigns: abuse scandal shaken church!

London, Großbritannien - London (dpa) - A dramatic resignation shakes the Anglican Church! The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, resigns from his office after immense public pressure. The reason? His controversial role in a shattering abuse scandal that affects over 100 boys and young men. Welby is accused of not having made the shocking acts of a church lawyer who was active in the 2010s. High -ranking church representatives tirelessly demanded his resignation and the wave of outrage grows.

The 68-year-old recognized his responsibility and explained: "It is completely clear that I have to take on personal and institutional responsibility for the long and again traumatizing time between 2013 and 2024." In a moving letter to King Charles, he expressed his grief about the victims and survivors of abuse. Thousands of people have signed a petition that demanded its resignation, and the voices of the Bishop and other church representatives became more and more.

shocking revelations

A recently published independent report has further tightened the situation. It states that Welby should have reported the abuse when he found out about the incidents in 2013, shortly after his office. The accused lawyer, who died in 2018, had invited boys to his house in Christian summer camps and impressed them unimaginable violence. The allegations of the police were only reported in 2013, and the case was public in 2017 by a TV documentary. The lawyer was encouraged to leave the country and moved to Zimbabwe without the police being informed.