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Archbishop’s Resignation Exposes Church of England Fault Lines

The resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, following the damning Makin Report into the heinous crimes of serial abuser John Smyth, whose severe beatings of students from as far back as the 1980s, exposes problems within the Church of England that point to long-standing doctrinal, disciplinary, and cultural issues that will both determine who takes his place and how the church has come to this sorry pass. Continue Reading...