Bishop calls for more ‘awareness’ after Archbishop resigns

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Bishop calls for more ‘awareness’ after Archbishop resigns

The Bishop of Blackburn, Philip North, calls for more “awareness” around sex abuse as the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, resigns over the Church of England’s failure to alert authorities to the abuse of boys by John Smyth.

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Philip North

Church of England priest

Justin Welby

Archbishop of Canterbury since 2013
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British barrister and child abuser (1941–2018)

Church of England

Anglican church in England
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