Welby is accused of not taking sufficient action to stop one of the Church of England’s most prolific serial abusers.

Having sought the gracious permission of His Majesty The King, I have decided to resign as Archbishop of Canterbury. The ...

Lack of curiosity' over claims of abuse of dozens of boys by Christian camp leader had made Welby's position untenable ...

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, leader of the Church of England and the global Anglican Communion, has announced that ...

Justin Welby is coming under increasing pressure to resign after a report savaged him for ignoring sex abuse by the Church of England's most prolific abuser. The Archbishop of Canterbury admitted ...

Before being ordained in 1992, Mr Welby had an 11-year career in the oil industry. He was installed as Archbishop of Canterbury in a service at Canterbury Cathedral in March 2013. As well as being ...

A review of the church’s handling of “horrific” abuse perpetrated by John Smyth has put Archbishop Justin Welby’s position in doubt after it found that he “held a personal and moral ...

A petition by some members of the General Synod – the church’s parliament – has gathered more than 5,000 signatures urging Justin Welby to stand down over his “failures” to alert ...

William Hague, former Tory leader and foreign secretary, is running for election again - this time to become chancellor of ...

In his role as Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby has presided over royal weddings and funerals – but he has also spoken of a “messy” early life and subsequent battle with depression.