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Welby resigns as Archbishop of Canterbury after failure to report abuse.

  • 12-11-2024 05:20PM
    #1
    political analyst
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,188 ✭✭✭


    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq6lzeel2e8o

    Welby said in his statement that, when he became aware of the abuse in this case in 2013, he had been told that police had been informed.

    If he believed that the police had been informed of the abuse in this case then why has he been forced to resign?



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  • #2
    volchitsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,172 ✭✭✭✭volchitsa


    How far did he check that the police had been informed? Just took someone’s word for it? No names I take it?

    On the radio this evening it was reported that he said he expected it “would be dealt with”. Sounds VERY like Cardinal (then just a humble 😙 Father of course) Sean Brady who assumed that the abuser(s) he was sent to interview would also be dealt with, but, like Welby, never bothered following up on that.

    "If a woman cannot stand in a public space and say, without fear of consequences, that men cannot be women, then women have no rights at all." Helen Joyce



  • #3
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 42,827 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    Seems like a pretty horrible individual. Happy to run a church based on a mountain of wealth while lecturing others on how to believe. On top of that, he presides over this.

    No wonder attendance is plummeting.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • #4
    volchitsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,172 ✭✭✭✭volchitsa


    Welby apologised for slavery, something that ended centuries ago - but when he had the chance to report a man who beat boys so badly they had to wear nappies ...he refused to lift a finger.

    Just think about the level of hypocrisy and self righteousness that that takes.

    "If a woman cannot stand in a public space and say, without fear of consequences, that men cannot be women, then women have no rights at all." Helen Joyce



  • #5
    wildwillow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,311 ✭✭✭wildwillow


    It took some amount of pressure to make him jump. I despair of all varieties of churchmen. Protect the institution at any cost.



  • #6
    mazdamiatamx5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,152 ✭✭✭mazdamiatamx5


    I'm not as negative on Welby as some but he is a former banker so he is supposed to know about structures and procedures and evidence. So it was inevitable he would, well bow to the inevitable and resign over that.

    "I did that transfer like you asked, boss"

    "That's grand so. No need for me to review the approval sheet, I take things on trust".



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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 450 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    It was the appropriate thing to do.

    What a monstrous p.o.s. that Smyth was. Those "christian" summer camps can be truly horrendous.

    https://www.channel4.com/news/exclusive-report-reveals-church-of-england-cover-up-of-abuse-from-barrister-john-smyth



  • #8
    Loafing Oaf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,101 ✭✭✭✭Loafing Oaf


    Wonder will the Anglican faithful start asking when is their new boss going to be chosen when they see how quickly their Catholic brothers sort out the succession…



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