The Church of England may need to rethink the role of archbishop of Canterbury after its “unprecedented crisis” over an abuse cover-up, Justin Welby’s second-in-command has said. In an interview with the Guardian, Stephen Cottrell, the archbishop of York, said he would welcome a woman taking over from Welby. But he warned that the responsibilities of the job may need to be shared more widely in future. Cottrell was speaking after Welby announced he would stand down in the aftermath of a damning report which concluded he took insufficient action over one of the C of E’s worst serial child
