Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury under Henry VIII, Edward VI and, fatally, Mary I, may have lived at a time of extreme political volatility but, according to religious historian Owen Chadwick, ...

DISGRACED ex-Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby yesterday said he forgives Church of England serial paedophile John Smyth.

This is an excerpt from the latest episode of the Holy Smoke podcast with Damian Thompson, which you can find at the bottom ...

The Church of England is one step closer to appointing its first female Archbishop of Canterbury now that the Bishop of ...

In his first interview since quitting as Archbishop of Canterbury in November 2024, Justin Welby tells the BBC's Laura ...

Laura Kuenssberg talks to Justin Welby, the former Archbishop of Canterbury. As the figurehead for the 85 million people in over 165 countries who call themselves Anglicans, he presided over some of ...

Former archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said he was “overwhelmed” by the number of child sex abuse allegations he was ...

The Bishop of Norwich said he felt "no sense of inner calling" to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury as he ruled himself ...

Justin Welby has spoken of a deep sense of personal failure over how allegations of horrific sexual abuse by the late John Smyth were handled ...

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has admitted he “got it wrong” over the handling of child sex abuse allegations. He said he failed to manage the situation due to the ...

The former Archbishop told the BBC he failed to follow proper procedure because of the sheer scale and size of the problem. “Every day more cases were coming across the desk that had been in the ...

But the former Archbishop of Canterbury 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 ...