Justin Welby has announced he will resign following criticism of his handling of a report into a prolific child abuser associated with the Church of England.

As Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby had considerable gifts. In the end, however, he did little to arrest the Church of England’s gradual, secular decline. Perhaps the saddest thing about his resignation is how lacking in momentousness it is.

Justin Welby was under growing pressure to stand down over a damning report into John Smyth QC’s ‘abhorrent’ abuse of children and young men