Media reports on handling of sex abuse priest lead to calls for Archbishop of York Most Rev. Stephen Cottrell to resign
The Archbishop of York, Most Rev. Stephen Cottrell, second highest ranking leader in the Anglican Communion, is facing calls to resign over his supervision of sex assault allegations involving a priest known for his charismatic preaching. The new debacle has emerged just weeks after Cottrell’s boss, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Rev. Justin Welby, resigned over his handling of a serial sex offender, the late John Smyth, in an unrelated case.
