Press Gazette: ‘Former Telegraph editor Moore would not have published Archbishop paternity story without his consent’
..Moore said he would not have pursued the story past the research stage without cooperation from Archbishop Welby.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it is a good story to do but only with certain qualifications,\u201d\u009d he said. \u201cI thought to myself it would be wrong to front him up with the story and say I will do it whatever happens.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cIn a sense he had power over the story because he could have behaved differently, he could have said go away and I think if he had done that I would not have been able to go further.\u201d\u009d
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\nMoore said: \u201cHe is a very direct man, decisive, and said let\u2019s have a DNA test because certainty is better than doubt. I said I will organise that and I was a bit surprised actually that he wanted to do that. I thought he might want to have a private chat with his mother in the first instance.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
But the Archbishop believed it was better to find out if the story was true first.<\/p>\n
The Archbishop took the DNA test in front of Moore. \u201cThe result was undeniable and he immediately accepted it and spoke to his mother,\u201d\u009d he said.<\/p>\n
Moore understood it was unlikely 86-year-old Lady Williams of Elvel would want to give an interview, but she confirmed the story to her son and released a statement on Friday night.<\/p>\n