Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, delivered his final speech in the House of Lords on December 5, 2024, ahead of his resignation. The speech was noted for its perceived insensitivity to victims of abuse and its tone-deafness.
Justin Welby delivers his final speech in the House of Lords ahead of resigning as archbishop of Canterbury, 5 December 2024. Justin Welby delivers his final speech in the House of Lords ahead of resigning as archbishop of Canterbury, 5 December 2024.The archbishop of Banterbury could have used his speech to express remorse to victims of abuse. But then there wouldn’t have been any room for lolzimagine the outgoing archbishop of Canterbury doesn’t have a tattoo.
And so to Welby’s final speech to the Lords. “If you pity anyone,” he twinkled of his unexpected departure, “pity my poor diary secretary.” Sorry … WHAT? But I’m afraid the archbishop of Banterbury had officially logged on. “My Lords,” ran another gambit. “It is often said, and it is a cliche to say it – but hey, I am the archbishop still – that if you want to make God laugh, make plans. On that basis, next year, I will be causing God more hilarity than anyone else for many years.
To pick one date, speaking of diary secretaries, it really is mad to think that Welby spent 1 October 2014of listening to victims of abuse and declaring them never to blame – when he could have spent it talking to victims of Smyth’s abuse and telling the authorities about the man to blame.
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