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  • @MZig-rw7su
    @MZig-rw7su 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +115

    Welby was very quick to meddle in Brexit and Rwanda but took 13 years and no conclusion in this abuse case !
    He's not a competent or honourable person after listening to him. It's uncomfortable that he still doesn't get it. No idea.

    • @Olivia-io9sb
      @Olivia-io9sb 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      He's a politician not a man of God.

    • @perryvalton3296
      @perryvalton3296 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Obviously he is protecting his friend.

    • @Olivia-io9sb
      @Olivia-io9sb 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@perryvalton3296 ... no excuse.

    • @johnrhodes3350
      @johnrhodes3350 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      NPD

    • @misssamjh
      @misssamjh 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's almost like "the wokey left" are keen to LOOK good but are actually evil.

  • @welshtoro3256
    @welshtoro3256 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +81

    Welby is finished. Behind the scenes he was struggling anyway but this is it. What a shameless hypocrite.

    • @JustDucky-d9k
      @JustDucky-d9k 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      He knew about all this shameful behaviour 11 years ago.

    • @jonatmelbourne7239
      @jonatmelbourne7239 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Agree

  • @samuel56551
    @samuel56551 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +74

    No , he won't resign , because he has no remorse and no morals . And this is someone who literally pontificates to others about living a moral life .

    • @MsStack42
      @MsStack42 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Does the " church" still do that? I thought these days it was mainly telling us not to be judgemental.

    • @UtubeRwokeLefties
      @UtubeRwokeLefties 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      ​@@MsStack42Nope, it now tells us to embrace all the things the old church labelled as sin.

    • @gerrycastlemanwarde5933
      @gerrycastlemanwarde5933 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Not after this! He's done.

  • @davidcaldwell4953
    @davidcaldwell4953 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +60

    Too arrogant to resign. Unfortunately these type of people think there above the law. The church have appalling record of abuse. But generally gets away with it. Terrible.

    • @hoolydooly5799
      @hoolydooly5799 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes and tried to politically interfere over and over.
      We want our C of E back
      no woke cult BS.
      Want an AB who is satisfied to be AB.

    • @NaNa-m6s
      @NaNa-m6s 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He is above the law because he will avoid prison for his Action’s !

    • @skwills1629
      @skwills1629 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      In Reality, No, The Church Of England does Not have an Appalling Record of Abuse, and it has Far Fewer Situations Like THis than do Schools or The Media or The Labour party or The National Secular Society.

  • @p0ssiblypossiblynot557
    @p0ssiblypossiblynot557 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +66

    What about the ten bishops, two archbishops and the Royal chaplains that apparently knew.
    Should those NOT calling for his resignation also be investigated ?

    • @BN-hk6wf
      @BN-hk6wf 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The Church of England is a corrupt organization. No wonder it’s so welcoming to Black Lives Matter. What’s the next banner for Parish Churches? Nonce Lives Matter?

    • @jonatmelbourne7239
      @jonatmelbourne7239 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Yes

    • @cassandrade-wolfe6926
      @cassandrade-wolfe6926 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      💯 they should be investigated.
      Corrupt, sinister and disgusting to the core.

    • @maggieadams8600
      @maggieadams8600 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Yes they should!

    • @skwills1629
      @skwills1629 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I do Like How People Know Clergy are Guilty so no need for any Presumption of Innocence or Investigations...

  • @martinmyers8329
    @martinmyers8329 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +44

    Q: Will Welby resign ?
    A: no. He Should be sacked and investigated further.
    He should be replaced by an actual Christian !

    • @gerrycastlemanwarde5933
      @gerrycastlemanwarde5933 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      They are few and far between and usually do not want the spot light shine on them.

    • @vanessali1365
      @vanessali1365 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes, sack himself.

  • @isabelskelton794
    @isabelskelton794 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +43

    He has lost his way, to me, he is not a leader of the Christian faith.

    • @phillipgriffiths9624
      @phillipgriffiths9624 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I don’t believe him to be a Christian. A Christian would have to reveal and condemn this evil.

  • @stevesmith4667
    @stevesmith4667 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +26

    Justin Welby should resign with immediate effect, the question now is, Some would go on to say, was he involved in these criminal acts ?

    • @Olivia-io9sb
      @Olivia-io9sb 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      one might indeed wonder.

  • @lightinlondon8168
    @lightinlondon8168 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +29

    In the name of God, go!

  • @tommix6016
    @tommix6016 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +30

    It is quite evident from many actions that Welb has little care for the Church of England

    • @Olivia-io9sb
      @Olivia-io9sb 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      He's a woke 'trojan horse'.

  • @Steve-uf8pk
    @Steve-uf8pk 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +43

    He will be fine, the Archbishop is a massive part of the British establishment which very much looks after its own. He won’t be made to resign or face prosecution, like Vennels at the Post Office the establishment has their backs!

    • @tonynewman8586
      @tonynewman8586 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The establishment are all paedaphiles as well / their all at it ….

    • @jonatmelbourne7239
      @jonatmelbourne7239 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Unfortunately this is true

    • @jameshogan6142
      @jameshogan6142 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      What would his responsibilities be in relation to this? Would reporting the matter to the police be sufficient to acquit him of blame or negligence or is there any further safeguarding measures he should have taken?

  • @Acronym6197
    @Acronym6197 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +32

    And give up all of that power and money? Not a chance.

    • @JustDucky-d9k
      @JustDucky-d9k 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He will hang on by his fingernails unless he is forced out.

  • @clavichord
    @clavichord 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    Welby should NEVER, NEVER, NEVER have become archbishop of Canterbury!

  • @ItsMe-yv9jd
    @ItsMe-yv9jd 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +35

    ?? Gotta say, that evil man should be locked up behind bars, forget about letting him just quit his job... he knew about the horrific abuse endured by hundreds of boys, for years, and he showed no mercy by doing NOTHING! (A disgusting excuse for a human being, let alone a disgusting leader of a religious institution.)

    • @jonatmelbourne7239
      @jonatmelbourne7239 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Agree

    • @jameshogan6142
      @jameshogan6142 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      There certainly should be a formal inquiry and a root and branch review of safeguarding procedures for minors and whether those were observed or if reported incidents of abuse were disclosed to the police. In the absence of a strict code of policy it would be difficult to establish how blameworthy the head of a civil or religious organisation were.

  • @westcountrypirate7504
    @westcountrypirate7504 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +28

    The church of England is finished , really small congregations , they are totally out of touch

  • @p0ssiblypossiblynot557
    @p0ssiblypossiblynot557 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +34

    "I don't give a hang about the institution , I really genuinely don't"
    Now that I do believe.

    • @JustDucky-d9k
      @JustDucky-d9k 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Yes I noted that too. He is a sham. Unbelievable wickedness.

    • @joanner1427
      @joanner1427 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      And maybey The Lord will indeed as he says raise up something new in its place...perhaps that expression of Church, as it exist else where...will be quite diffrent...more underground more simple and more Biblical.

  • @hittitecharioteer
    @hittitecharioteer 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    George Carey failed to act against the king's close friend Bishop Peter Ball.
    Such people, including Welby, don't belong in a church, let alone in its hierarchy.

    • @jonatmelbourne7239
      @jonatmelbourne7239 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      The establishment protects its own, always, unfortunately

  • @Christoph1888
    @Christoph1888 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +32

    The Arch Bishop of woke

    • @maggieadams8600
      @maggieadams8600 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I'd say Arch Bishop of the sleeping.

  • @wendymoney2043
    @wendymoney2043 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    The King as head of the Church of England, must dismiss this man. His moral compass is despicable…

  • @JosephNZUK
    @JosephNZUK 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    This man has always given me the creeps.

    • @pattykake7195
      @pattykake7195 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      A true religious creepster…👹

  • @jonatmelbourne7239
    @jonatmelbourne7239 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    The archbishop must be dismissed & should not be afforded the courtesy of being allowed to resign. He must be dismissed. The PM must tender the formal advice to HM The King without further delay. This is a deplorable situation.

  • @christinegivens9048
    @christinegivens9048 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    I should certainly hope so. He is a proxy abuser if he knew and did nothing. Complicit! Absolutely disgusting.

  • @lynncross3232
    @lynncross3232 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    He should go but hes that arrogant he wont.

  • @mitchyoung93
    @mitchyoung93 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    This will take the heat off the Papists.

    • @wungabunga
      @wungabunga 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ugh. A heretic.

  • @jonatmelbourne7239
    @jonatmelbourne7239 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Why is the British PM doing nothing about this matter? That is the relevant question here.

  • @charlesflouvat1829
    @charlesflouvat1829 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    How can he ever show his face in public again, never mind in his silly costume?

    • @pattykake7195
      @pattykake7195 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Yes he lovvves his pagan fish head hat…🦈

  • @RichardMaguire110
    @RichardMaguire110 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    The Church of England must close, all further abuse uncovered and perpetrators brought to justive and its assets dispersed.

    • @jonatmelbourne7239
      @jonatmelbourne7239 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Agree

    • @pattykake7195
      @pattykake7195 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Wouldn’t that be a blessed day…👍🏽

  • @freespeechwouidbenice
    @freespeechwouidbenice 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    SACK HIM THEN!! IF HE AINT RESIGNING

  • @ellenoneill7853
    @ellenoneill7853 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

    Bring back Calvin Robinson to take Welby's place.

  • @psychotropicalresearch5653
    @psychotropicalresearch5653 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    If he says he was “formally made aware“ then that clearly insinuates he was informally aware previously

    • @jameshogan6142
      @jameshogan6142 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He might have heard rumours which he was unable to confirm but if he were formally aware i.e. a complaint of misconduct were made to him by the parents or guardians he would be obliged to act on and report it.

  • @katarinam2434
    @katarinam2434 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    These people need to go!!!! No wonder people turn away from church when hearing stories like this!!! Disgusting!! Stop covering up the evil!!!

  • @professormcclaine5738
    @professormcclaine5738 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    'Church of the poison mind'

  • @nigelbagguley7606
    @nigelbagguley7606 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Resign? Welby must be charged as an accessory after the fact in all 130 cases of abuse that he personally covered up.Merely resigning is NOT enough given his level of culpability.

  • @mambaman9363
    @mambaman9363 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    It’s not a question of resigning. It’s a question of the church to get rid of him. It’s their responsibility to show him the door.

  • @AmosKamho-em5dr
    @AmosKamho-em5dr 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Throw him in jail please,we condemn such actions.

  • @rollyon9415
    @rollyon9415 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    Why am I not surprised, a man unable to understand that being moral sometimes means stoutness of purpose, standing up for what’s right rather than doing what is easy and unchallenged. His pronouncements have been far too political in the past, now this. He has to go.

  • @Keithjohnson-v9c
    @Keithjohnson-v9c 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    If a parish priest failed to pass on allegations of abuse he would face serious consequences! Why is the archbishop any different? It makes safeguarding a joke and that is not acceptable. My heart goes out to those victims/survivors.

  • @georgegalyer8224
    @georgegalyer8224 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I keep hearing he did the right thing resigning to protect the church. What about protecting the abused youngsters. The church sticks its nose very quickly into everything that doesn't concern them. BUT they're also very quick to cover up wholesale abuse. He only resigned because the truth was uncovered!

  • @francissimpson3904
    @francissimpson3904 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Why didn't Giles Fraser speak up before now if he was so enraged?

  • @vanessali1365
    @vanessali1365 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Wellby has to go NOW!

  • @robinsoncrusoejr7089
    @robinsoncrusoejr7089 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    He must GO. Sack him right now.

  • @AlexPaterson-h5c
    @AlexPaterson-h5c 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Just think about the victims for a minute ,then decide what should be done.

  • @ClydeB1
    @ClydeB1 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    Starmer should resign as well! He was clearly voted in by blind sheeple and the UK would definitely have better relationship with the US, if he would do the honourable thing and resign!

  • @anthonymichaelwilson8401
    @anthonymichaelwilson8401 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Need arresting 😊

  • @okmickey232
    @okmickey232 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Once he's gone, why not try having an actual christian, with morals, integrity and a commonality with the British people, as head of the church?

  • @paullaing5154
    @paullaing5154 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Cannot the King, as Supreme Governor of the Church, and a friend of Welby, have a quiet word with him to nudge him in the right direction?

    • @tskjr1
      @tskjr1 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      King Charles? The same King Charles who unapologetically committed adultery against Princess Diana? How rich!

  • @catherinegrimes2308
    @catherinegrimes2308 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    He is the Paula Vennells of the Church of England.

    • @jonatmelbourne7239
      @jonatmelbourne7239 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Agree

    • @theastral1909
      @theastral1909 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Paula Vennells was an ordained Minister in the CoE!

  • @robinmiric2027
    @robinmiric2027 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    He should go!

  • @catherinenugent6326
    @catherinenugent6326 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    He should be put in jail anybody else would be?

  • @Clapsonchoochoo
    @Clapsonchoochoo 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    These people DO NOT represent Christianity!!

  • @karl5395
    @karl5395 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Archbishop Wokeby needs to step down immediately

    • @PSI-qf8bq
      @PSI-qf8bq 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Define woke?

  • @JustDucky-d9k
    @JustDucky-d9k 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Resign, Welby. Khan will have to find another best friend.

  • @LMC5690
    @LMC5690 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Definitely should resign

  • @davidwright8665
    @davidwright8665 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    It's important that anyone in the church who knew what was going on, they should have to resign as well. This question those who adviced him. How many cases are there still hidden. In all areas of the church. Surely the person in question should have been asked to see a psychiatrist early on as his prayer life must have been very warpped. It's obvious those in the church have no healing powers in Christ or common sense. It's odd those who voted for the archbishop knew nothing? Who ever replaces him, if he goes, did they know?

  • @stephenmedcalf3090
    @stephenmedcalf3090 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Who were the alleged people that advised him that he shouldn't resign? He didn't specify who they were, that is if they ever existed.

  • @shirleydrury5565
    @shirleydrury5565 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    And he is not a lone. There are more many more! So sickening. It’s about time these monsters should be held to account! In stead of hiding behind there statues to For Fill there filthy HABIT DISGUSTING👎😡😡👎

  • @vincentvangogh8092
    @vincentvangogh8092 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    does welby know more than he lets on ?

  • @emcarver8983
    @emcarver8983 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    He is as involved as the people he is protecting

  • @user-ge3jk6fg1l
    @user-ge3jk6fg1l 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    If Welby knew and did nothing the King must sack him instantly and report him to the police

  • @SteveJones-gz4vd
    @SteveJones-gz4vd 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    He should be prosecuted and sent to Jail for some prison justice

  • @theophilusayantokun5581
    @theophilusayantokun5581 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    He has to resign without further delay.

  • @lindacoventry5220
    @lindacoventry5220 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    All corrupt and stick together

  • @rosamundmartin752
    @rosamundmartin752 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    It shouldn't be his choice any more

  • @Towdbod98Ds
    @Towdbod98Ds 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So, at the very least, Welby has known about this for 11 years and did nothing. He should be sacked immediately and prosecuted for being complicit in this matter. It is horrific.

  • @dd7521
    @dd7521 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Please sign the petition to get rid of him.

  • @davidwebb8877
    @davidwebb8877 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    What must God think.

    • @pattykake7195
      @pattykake7195 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Sadly he doesn’t DO much about it…😢

  • @richardventus1875
    @richardventus1875 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Yes he must go.
    It is not just this issue - he raised no objections to the mocking of Jesus during the Olympics Opening Ceremony.

  • @ajeet490
    @ajeet490 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Perhaps Welby is holding out for better resignation terms including severance package and pension top-up .

  • @philipwilkes2780
    @philipwilkes2780 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    He MUST GO!

  • @fuwingpang5445
    @fuwingpang5445 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Don't give him the dignity of resigning. Sack him , and arrest him for what his allowed to happen.

  • @charmainepriestman915
    @charmainepriestman915 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    JW talks about racism and yet a young man died in Zimbabwe (purportedly at the hands of this abuser) AND he DID NOTHING

  • @paulukjames7799
    @paulukjames7799 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Will the same person who chose Wokeby be choosing the next Archbishop why is no one asking

  • @jackie842
    @jackie842 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    He is supposed to be a man of God, he is a disappointed . I have no confidence in the church anymore .

  • @philipcollins218
    @philipcollins218 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    He either resigns or joins the Catholic Church.

    • @yellowbelly06
      @yellowbelly06 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Too much competition in the Catholic Church.

  • @alexandermoody1946
    @alexandermoody1946 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    St Anne's is such a beautiful church and is always so well kept on the times I have visited for service there.

  • @colleenwellard7738
    @colleenwellard7738 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Australia left no stone unturned concerning any guilt of Cardinal George Pell England should follow suit in this inst

  • @phillipgriffiths9624
    @phillipgriffiths9624 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This whole thing is monstrous. Welby, and anyone else associated with this must resign.

  • @richardwinfield6739
    @richardwinfield6739 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Does , Welby , still have to Resign if he converts to Christianity ?

  • @AlxFitz
    @AlxFitz 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Why are people so messed up? Answers on a postcard please.

  • @stevemellor655
    @stevemellor655 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    His a weazal of the highest order . And must be made accountable.

  • @daveleejones3060
    @daveleejones3060 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    When i see stories like this i always look a lot deeper, and i ask myself why do these stories always break after the perpetrators have died? Which makes me more angry because a lot of people who didnt want their involvements to come to light can now breathe a sigh of relief

  • @johnmulvey5121
    @johnmulvey5121 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Janet doesn't need to open her answers with ''So''

  • @SteveMcFadden-p6h
    @SteveMcFadden-p6h 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    All church modalities is an epidemic of denial and abhorrent hypocrisy.

  • @m444ss
    @m444ss 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I believe him when he says he doesn't care about the institution. He seems to be trying very hard to destroy it.

  • @chocksaway100
    @chocksaway100 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Of course, Welby knew he was culpable of cover-up and a liar.

  • @johnwatson9803
    @johnwatson9803 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Rat

  • @amylouise9853
    @amylouise9853 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I do believe Welby doesn’t care about the church but he does care an awful lot about his career.

  • @johnbacon4414
    @johnbacon4414 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Did the C of E learn nothing from the catholic church scandals? All those bishops who knew about this abuse and remained silent should resign and remove themselves from the House of Lords.

  • @bibiayube677
    @bibiayube677 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    How can this continue to happen and how can anyone defend th church any longer

  • @TomJohnstone-uz3wl
    @TomJohnstone-uz3wl 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Welby’s wellbeing precarious……. Disgraceful behaviour from a man of the cloth…

  • @michaelmcgrath8894
    @michaelmcgrath8894 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Welby and Lineker 🙏🏼

  • @chursunloh7416
    @chursunloh7416 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Resign or be sacked. His choice.

  • @Olivia-io9sb
    @Olivia-io9sb 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Is this man so arrogant that he is happy to see the demise of the CofE?

  • @christinelivesey9077
    @christinelivesey9077 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Bishop of Newcastle has expressed her wish for him to resign.

  • @jonatmelbourne7239
    @jonatmelbourne7239 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Yes, he had a moral responsibility to act in 2013, & did nothing. Shame.

  • @AustinGoodman-ub9fo
    @AustinGoodman-ub9fo 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    No he won’t resign he enjoys dressing up too much.

  • @Pixieworksstudio
    @Pixieworksstudio 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    still no apology for calder island shame

  • @magsrankin6166
    @magsrankin6166 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sack him! Don't give him a choice!

  • @Edo9River
    @Edo9River 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The 2013 to 2018 limbo appears quite damning. The greater context should be thought about about in private conversations and come out by a published report

  • @Gman-j6p
    @Gman-j6p 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Give Welby his due - ever heard a politician, a political party admit to incompetence or neglect?