From bootlegger father to slave-owning ancestor – why Justin Welby keeps apologising for his past
The latest divine revelation for the Archbishop of Canterbury comes not from a stone tablet. Instead, it follows a series of historical disclosures, all stemming from a DNA test prompted by a Telegraph investigation in 2016.
Head of Anglican Communion, Justin Welby, reveals slave owner ancestor
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who apologized after research showed the Church of England's investment fund has links to the slave trade, has now revealed that he is related to a former slave owner after digging into his ancestry.
Archbishop Welby reveals slave owner ancestor
Justin Welby says a recent trip to Jamaica has helped him "confront the legacies of enslavement".
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby reveals ancestor owned slaves in Jamaica
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby reveals ancestor owned slaves in Jamaica - His great, great, great grandfather Sir James Fergusson was an owner of enslaved people in Jamaica.
Archbishop of Canterbury reveals ties to slavery and says ancestors were compensated for abolition
Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has revealed that one of his ancestors owned enslaved people on a Jamaican plantation and received compensation from the British government upon the abolition of slavery.
Archbishop of Canterbury: My ancestors were slave owners
The Archbishop of Canterbury has apologised for his family’s past after disclosing that his ancestor was a slave owner.
Right to die could become duty to die, Justin Welby warns
The right to die risks becoming a duty to die if assisted suicide becomes legal, the Archbishop of Canterbury has warned. The ...
Welby says assisted dying bill 'dangerous'
Archbishop Welby said he had noted a marked degradation in his lifetime of the idea that “everyone, however useful they are, ...
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Justin Welby: ‘Assisted suicide could easily become a duty to die’
The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned that legalising assisted suicide “could open the door to yet more pain and suffering for those we are trying to help”.
Where the Archbishop has called it right
We do not always see eye to eye with Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, but his intervention in the debate about ...
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Church of England planning to set up £1bn fund to deal with 'the scale of the moral sin and crime' of slavery in move hailed by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby
Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, hailed the move, describing it as 'the beginning of a multi-generational response to the appalling evil of transatlantic chattel enslavement'.
Assisted dying: Kim Leadbeater has ‘productive’ meeting with church leaders
Kim Leadbeater has ‘productive’ meeting with church leaders - The Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of London Dame Sarah ...