The Right Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin says she knows Justin Welby is 'very sad'.
The Bishop of Dover has said she wept after the Archbishop of Canterbury resigned as he faced pressure to stand down over his failure to report prolific child abuser John Smyth.
The barrister and senior member of a Christian charity then moved to Zimbabwe and later South Africa, where he abused up to 100 boys aged 13 to 17, the Makin Review added.
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