Archbishop Justin Welby, shugaban Cocin Anglican na duniya, ya tsayar da ranar 12 ga watan Nuwamba, 2024, cewa zai daga matsayinsa a matsayin Archbishop na Canterbury bayan an gano cewa ya shirya kare wani lauya wanda aka zarge shi da cin zarafin yara da matasa.
An zargi lauyan, John Smyth, da cin zarafin yara da matasa sama da 100 a Biritaniya da kasashen waje a shekarun 1970s da 1980s. Smyth ya mutu a shekarar 2018 a Afirka ta Kudu ba tare da yin wata shari’a ba.
Welby ya bayyana a wata sanarwa cewa, “Bayan an nuna aikin Makin Review, na nemi izinin Mai Martaba His Majesty The King, na yanke shawarar daga matsayina a matsayin Archbishop na Canterbury.” Ya kuma ce, “Na kasa kawo karshen wannan mummunan hadari bayan an bayyana a shekarar 2013, kuma na yi imanin a lokacin cewa wata sulhu daidai zata biyo baya”[3].
Welby ya ce ya yi kuskure na kawo wahala ga waɗanda aka yi musu zarafin saboda rashin aikata abin da ya kamata a shekarar 2013. Ya kuma ce zai ci gaba da hadin gwiwa da waɗanda aka yi musu zarafin har zuwa lokacin da ake kammala aikin risk assessment.
An yi kira da yawa daga cikin mambobin cocin da masu shaida cewa Welby ya daga matsayinsa, saboda rashin amincewa da yadda cocin ya yi wa waɗanda aka yi musu zarafin.
