Church of England crisis: calls for more bishops to resign

Survivors of the serial child abuser John Smyth have been meeting senior Church of England leaders today in the wake of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s unprecedented decision to resign.

And many of them are saying that his departure doesn’t go far enough to tackle what they see as the Church’s institutional failures.

Some bishops – including one who’s involved with safeguarding – have suggested that other leading clergy who failed to act should consider their positions too.