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Justin Welby had tried to stay in post following the Makin Review but bowed to growing pressure over his position

Leader of Church of England had faced pressure since damning report on cover-up of John Smyth’s abuse

A Church of England sex abuse victim has urged the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to resign.

Amendments to the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill will be debated in the Commons on Tuesday.

Here are the UK’s biggest stories leading Tuesday’s headlines.

Multiple victims of abuse have come forward to call for the Archbishop to stand down

Mark Stibbe, who was abused by John Smyth QC in the 1980s, called for all senior clergy ‘that did nothing but knew what was going on’ to stand down.

Archbishop of Canterbury faces pressure to resign over mishandling of abuse scandal involving John Smyth in the Church of England.

The leader of the world's Anglican communion faced growing pressure on Monday to resign after a damning report which concluded the Church of England had covered up a serial abuse case.

The head of the Church of England, spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, is under pressure to resign after an investigation found he failed to inform police about serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps as soon as he became aware of it

Archbishop of Canterbury has ‘lost confidence of his clergy’ over scandal, vicar warns