George Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, resigned from his post in the Church of England as honorary assistant bishop in the diocese of Oxford in late June, over a report that criticised him for failing to take action against a bishop accused of abuse.
This followed an intervention by the current Archbishop, Justin Welby, who asked him to ‘consider his position’.
An independent report by Dame Moira Gibb found that church leaders had mishandled allegations of sexual abuse by Bishop Peter Ball by failing to offer his victims adequate support and by concealing evidence of his wrongdoing.
