{"id":132704,"date":"2024-11-14T12:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=132704"},"modified":"2024-11-14T19:00:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T00:00:24","slug":"statement-of-resignation-from-justin-welby-as-archbishop-of-canterbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=132704","title":{"rendered":"Statement of Resignation from Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Having sought the gracious permission of His Majesty The King, I have decided to resign as Archbishop of Canterbury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Makin Review has exposed the long-maintained conspiracy of silence about the heinous abuses of John Smyth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I was informed in 2013 and told that police had been notified, I believed wrongly that an appropriate resolution would follow.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is very clear that I must take personal and institutional responsibility for the long and retraumatising period between 2013 and 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is my duty to honour my Constitutional and church responsibilities, so exact timings will be decided once a review of necessary obligations has been completed, including those in England and in the Anglican Communion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope this decision makes clear how seriously the Church of England understands the need for change and our profound commitment to creating a safer church. As I step down I do so in sorrow with all victims and survivors of abuse.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archbishopofcanterbury.org\/news\/news-and-statements\/statement-archbishop-canterbury-0\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#x1f534; NEW: Archbishop of Canterbury resigns as crisis engulfs more senior clergy.<br>Victims call on a further two bishops and associate minister to step down over involvement in abuse scandal<br>w\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fiona_parker14?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fiona_parker14<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WeweX0Juko\">pic.twitter.com\/WeweX0Juko<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Janet Eastham (@JanetEastham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JanetEastham\/status\/1856459971656880581?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having sought the gracious permission of His Majesty The King, I have decided to resign as Archbishop of Canterbury. The Makin Review has exposed the long-maintained conspiracy of silence about the heinous abuses of John Smyth. When I was informed<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=132704\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[382,67,324],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-justin-welby","category-archbishop-of-canterbury","category-church-of-england"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132704"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132708,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132704\/revisions\/132708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=132704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=132704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}