Ex-archbishop in firing line over UK church abuse scandal

LONDON: Several Church of England clergy, including a former leading cleric, faced possible disciplinary action on Tuesday after being named in a scathing report on one of the Church’s worst abuse scandals.

An independent probe last year concluded the Church of England had covered up a serial abuse case dating back to the 1970s, resulting in the resignation of Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the Church’s highest-ranking cleric.

Now, the Church’s safeguarding team has named 10 clergy it will “seek to bring disciplinary proceedings” against, including George Carey, who was archbishop of Canterbury for a decade until 2002.