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Former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey has resigned as a priest following a BBC investigation into the Church of England’s handling of a sexual abuse case.<\/p>\n
Lord Carey quit after the BBC contacted him about allegations he allowed a priest, who had been banned over sexual abuse allegations, to return to ministry.<\/p>\n
In his resignation letter, Lord Carey said it had been an “honour to serve”, having been practising since 1962.<\/p>\n
The 89-year-old was named this month in an investigation into the disgraced priest David Tudor,<\/a> who was found to have been barred by the Church from being alone with children and paid compensation to a sexual abuse victim.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In his resignation letter, sent on 4 December, Lord Carey wrote: “I wish to surrender my Permission to Officiate. <\/p>\n “I am in my ninetieth year now and have been in active ministry since 1962 when I was made Deacon and then Priested in 1963. <\/p>\n “It has been an honour to serve in the dioceses of London, Southwell, Durham, Bristol, Bath and Wells, Canterbury and finally Oxford.<\/p>\n “I give thanks to God for his enduring faithfulness but want to recognise the remarkable contribution of Eileen whose faithfulness and support has been outstanding.”<\/p>\n Lord Carey’s decision to resign resignation is a direct result of the BBC investigation, a spokesperson confirmed.<\/p>\n Tudor was banned from ministry two months ago<\/a> after he admitted historical sex abuse allegations relating to two girls.<\/p>\n The investigation found that the Archbishop of York let Tudor remain in post despite knowing about his case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n