Abuse survivor accuses archbishop of Canterbury of making ‘tone deaf’ remarks amid safeguarding failures
Justin Welby made his final speech in the House of Lords on Thursday. The speech was criticised by a bishop who said she was “deeply disturbed” by the language used, and by an abuse survivor who said it was “tone deaf”.
Welby initially declined to resign when the report was published, saying he had “no idea or suspicion of” Smyth’s abuse before 2013 but acknowledging the review had found that, after its wider exposure that year and despite being told police had been notified, he had “personally failed to ensure” it was “energetically investigated”.
“I understand that my words – the things that I said, and those I omitted to say – have caused further distress for those who were traumatised, and continue to be harmed, by John Smyth’s heinous abuse and by the far-reaching effects of other perpetrators of abuse.
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