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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigns after report into his knowledge of sexual abuse (www.abc.net.au)

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has resigned five days after a report found he likely knew about the actions of a serial abuser spanning decades.

John Smyth physically and sexually abused over 100 boys and young men over decades, until shortly before his death in 2018.

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[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

For what it's worth, he feels really bad that he got caught.

[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Man, kind of random thought but- if he was caught like a mouse gets caught in a trap When people say he feels bad about getting caught then I would be like yeah, okay fair enough.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 days ago

i sympathize with your thought process