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Archbishop of York facing calls to resign over failure to act against child-abusing priest
Stephen Cottrell during his enthronement as the 98th Archbishop of York, at a service of evensong inside York Minster, October 18, 2020
THE Church of England’s sex abuse scandal reignited today with growing calls for the Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell’s resignation over his failure to take action against a child-abusing priest.
The archbishop is due to temporarily take over the work of Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby on January 6, who resigned over his own failure to act over the separate case of prolific serial abuser John Smyth.
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