"I believe that stepping aside is the best interests of the Church of England, which I dearly love and which I have been honoured to serve," Welby said in a statement.
A 2022 report by the Independent Inquiry Child Sexual Abuse found that deference to the authority of priests, taboos surrounding the discussion of sexuality and a culture that gave more support to alleged perpetrators than their victims helped make the Church of England 'a place where abusers could hide.'
Welby's resignation will send ripples around the world. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the symbolic head of the Anglican Communion, which has more than 85 million members in 165 countries.
Welby, a former oil executive who left the industry in 1989 to study for the priesthood, was a controversial figure even before the scandal.
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