Re: Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigns over Church abuse scandal
the most recent ones are:
Welby 2013 (Cameron)
Williams 2002 (Blair)
Carey 1991 (Major)
Runcie 1980 (Thatcher)
I'm not sure Major was particularly religious, maybe not as much as Starmer, but probably one of those who might go to church at Christmas and/or say they're Christian on a form or something but not particularly be practising otherwise.
Thatcher was brought up Methodist, so Christian but not within the CoE.
Blair was technically CoE when in office but converted to Catholicism after.
Cameron is practising CoE (As is May, who was the daughter of a clergyman - Johnson is Catholic now, and has flipped mainly for vanity reasons I think. Truss like Major is technically CoE but not practising, and Sunak is Hindu, though none of them got the chance.)
Hopefully whoever gets the job next won't feel so inclined to instil a culture which covers up child sex offenders.
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