A shortlist of candidates for the next Archbishop of Canterbury has been agreed by the Canterbury Crown Nominations Commission (CNC), but the names of those being considered have not been made public.
In an interview last month, the chair of the CNC, Lord Evans, said that he preferred the term “confidentiality” to “secrecy” when talking about way in which the CNC operates, and said that it would help the commission “reach the right point” (News, 4 July).
Lord Evans, who is a former head of MI5 and a crossbench peer in the House of Lords, described the process as one of “discernment” rather than straightforward “selection”.
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