Pressure grows on Justin Welby to resign as Archbishop of Canterbury for ignoring sex abuse by the Church of England's most prolific abuser who targeted more than 100 children and young men
Vicars have launched a petition urging the Archbishop of Canterbury to resign for ignoring sex abuse - and a top bishop has declined to defend him.
Archbishop Justin Welby last week admitted he ‘personally failed’ the countless victims of sexualised beatings from evangelist barrister John Smyth, by failing to report him to police in 2013, when his crimes were clear.
Critics say that failing left the prolific sadist free to continue abusing children after fleeing Britain in Christian camps in Southern Africa until his death in 2018.
And increasing numbers of clergy are saying apologies are insufficient, following a ringing Church of England report last week singling out the Archbishop for failing to report the ‘most prolific child abuser’ in its ranks to police in 2013.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...g-men.html
Vicars have launched a petition urging the Archbishop of Canterbury to resign for ignoring sex abuse - and a top bishop has declined to defend him.
Archbishop Justin Welby last week admitted he ‘personally failed’ the countless victims of sexualised beatings from evangelist barrister John Smyth, by failing to report him to police in 2013, when his crimes were clear.
Critics say that failing left the prolific sadist free to continue abusing children after fleeing Britain in Christian camps in Southern Africa until his death in 2018.
And increasing numbers of clergy are saying apologies are insufficient, following a ringing Church of England report last week singling out the Archbishop for failing to report the ‘most prolific child abuser’ in its ranks to police in 2013.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...g-men.html
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
