Just weeks before final guidelines are published by the Crown Prosecution Service, Dr Rowan Williams said that granting the right to die would be a “moral mistake” that damaged the rights of the most vulnerable in society.
In a strongly-worded presidential address to the Church of England’s governing body, the General Synod, he also criticised the Government’s attempts to limit religious freedom under the Equality Bill.
The archbishop added that he was “profoundly sorry” if he appeared to ignore the value of homosexuals in the Anglican Communion, and admitted the 70-million strong church was in “chaos” with “local schisms” over sexuality. He also urged conservatives and liberals in England’s debate over women bishops to see it “in three dimensions”.