ENGLAND
The Guardian
September 30, 2017
By Harriet Sherwood
Comments follow Justin Welby’s criticism of the BBC over its handling of the Jimmy Savile abuse cases
Survivors of sexual abuse by Church of England figures have accused Justin Welby of “breathtaking hypocrisy” after the Archbishop of Canterbury criticised the BBC for the way it handled abuse by Jimmy Savile.
Welby said the BBC had not shown the same integrity over accusations of child abuse that the Catholic and Anglican churches had.
In a statement, six survivors of abuse by powerful church figures rejected Welby’s comments and said the record of the church and Welby himself was one of “silence, denial and evasion”.
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