Justin Welby’s LGBTQ+ legacy leaves several issues for the next archbishop of Canterbury to address

The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has announced his resignation following a report into child abuse within the Church of England (C of E).

Welby will step down in the wake of the Makin Report – an independent review into British barrister John Smyth, who is believed to have abused more than 100 boys and young men – which was published last week.

He initially refused to quit saying, however, that he had given “a lot of thought” to doing so, but now believes it was his “personal and institutional responsibility” to resign.

Welby, who has been the archbishop since 2013, has a divisive history regarding LGBTQ+ rights within in the Church of England, and his departure leaves questions that his successor will need to address. 

Here are some of his

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