34 h. ago Justin Welby says he forgives the Church of England's most prolific child abuser John Smyth and admits 'I got it wrong'

Justin Welby has said he forgives the Church of England's most prolific child abuser in his first interview since he was forced to resign in 'shame'.

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35 h. ago Justin Welby says he forgives the Church of England's most prolific child abuser John Smyth and admits 'I got it wrong'

Justin Welby has said he forgives the Church of England's most prolific child abuser in his first interview since he was forced to resign in 'shame'.

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41 h. ago Justin Welby’s forgiveness of Church sex offender shows still further lack of judgement

Editorial: As regards safeguarding, the Church of England is in no better state than when Justin Welby became Archbishop of Canterbury in 2013. His interview with Laura Kuenssberg, in which he said he would forgive the serial abuser John Smyth if he were still alive, shows a further lack of judgement

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43 h. ago Justin Welby condemned for saying he would forgive serial abuser John Smyth if he was alive

Bishop of Newcastle condemns former archbishop of Canterbury, who also admitted ‘deep sense of personal failure’ about handling of allegations against Church’s most prolific abuser

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46 h. ago Justin Welby ‘would forgive’ serial abuser John Smyth who went unpunished by Church of England if he was alive

Former archbishop of Canterbury admits ‘deep sense of personal failure’ about handling of allegations against Church’s most prolific abuser

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49 h. ago Justin Welby says he would forgive serial Church of England abuser John Smyth if he was alive

Former archbishop of Canterbury also admits ‘deep sense of personal failure’ he feels about handling of allegations against dead clergyman thought to be Church’s most prolific abuser

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49 h. ago Justin Welby: I forgive John Smyth but feel deep sense of failure over abuse scandal

The former archbishop of Canterbury has given his first interview since his resignation.

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3 d. ago Justin Welby says 'I got it wrong' over child abuse: Former Archbishop of Canterbury says scale of abuse claims in Church of England was 'absolutely overwhelming'

The ex-archbishop has defended his record after a report revealed he did not adequately follow up on reports on Smyth, a barrister who was prolifically involved in the Church of England.

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