
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Today, we look at the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.
He has resigned after growing pressure due to a report which found that he did not follow up rigorously enough on reports of abuse of young boys and men by John Smyth. In his resignation letter, he said the report "exposed the long-maintained conspiracy of silence about the heinous abuses of John Smyth”.
You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere
You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers.
By BBC News4.5
384384 ratings
Today, we look at the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.
He has resigned after growing pressure due to a report which found that he did not follow up rigorously enough on reports of abuse of young boys and men by John Smyth. In his resignation letter, he said the report "exposed the long-maintained conspiracy of silence about the heinous abuses of John Smyth”.
You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere
You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers.

7,913 Listeners

523 Listeners

1,067 Listeners

296 Listeners

5,576 Listeners

2,113 Listeners

277 Listeners

227 Listeners

118 Listeners

108 Listeners

346 Listeners

235 Listeners

326 Listeners

3,245 Listeners

20 Listeners

779 Listeners

73 Listeners

689 Listeners

3,858 Listeners

528 Listeners

1,314 Listeners

851 Listeners

630 Listeners

454 Listeners

195 Listeners

394 Listeners

907 Listeners

239 Listeners

122 Listeners

149 Listeners

48 Listeners

2,536 Listeners

54 Listeners

80 Listeners

96 Listeners