Welby ‘profoundly ashamed’ of comments he made after resigning as archbishop of Canterbury over scandal

Justin Welby, the former archbishop of Canterbury, has said that he forgives a serial abuser at the centre of the scandal that led to his resignation as leader of the Church of England and spoke of feeling “profoundly ashamed” of comments he made afterwards.

In his first interview since resigning last November, he also said he had “not really thought it through enough, to be honest” when he initially declined to quit last year.