During his time filling the primatial role, the Archbishop of York says he will focus on safeguarding, the Living in Love and Faith process, and teaching about the Lord's Prayer.
Lord Carey becomes the second Archbishop of Canterbury to resign this year amid abuse scandals, in his case for giving permission for abuser David Tudor to return to ministry in 1993.
An internal discussion paper leaked to the press predicts major cash shortfalls, significant attendance drops, and “indiscriminate cuts” to paid clergy posts in the post-COVID Church of England.
The Archbishop of York-designate Stephen Cottrell, a known cost-cutter, launched a sustainability review of the Church of England's dioceses and congregations at a controversial videoconference meeting of the church's House of Bishops.
Sources report that the Archbishop of Canterbury has been volunteering as a chaplain on coronavirus wards at a hospital near Lambeth Palace; restrictions on ministry relaxing as rates of new infections slow.
