ENGLAND
Premier
December 18, 2017
By Alex Williams
A former Archbishop of Canterbury has described pressure placed on him by Justin Welby to resign from his role as an honorary assistant bishop in Oxford as “shocking”.
Lord Carey accused his successor (pictured below) of “unjust” behaviour in urging him to consider relinquishing his position, following a report which criticised his response to sex abuse allegations.
Published in June, the independent report by Dame Moira Gibb concluded the 82-year-old received seven letters raising concerns about an abusive bishop but only passed one note to police.
The report also said Lord Carey did not put Bishop Peter Ball’s name onto a list of clergy whose behaviour had raised safeguarding concerns.
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