Protecting the Work

BY STEWART SLATER Educating in a few short years a Prime Minister who resigned in disgrace from the highest office in the land and, later, from Parliament, and the first Archbishop of Canterbury to fall on his pectoral cross, there was obviously something in the water at Eton back then. For it will not have escaped your notice that Justin Welby has resigned to take … Continue reading Protecting the Work

Welby: Church Safeguarding’s Greek Gift

BY ANDREW TETTENBORN Nemesis overtook the Archbishop of Canterbury this week. He resigned on Tuesday, following overwhelming calls for him to go following the publication of the Makin Review, a report commissioned by the church over his conduct of the John Smyth abuse affair. But there is an irony here. There is a strong argument that this wasn’t really the slam-dunk resignation matter everyone made … Continue reading Welby: Church Safeguarding’s Greek Gift