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Bishop of Birkenhead Julie Conalty made the remarks a day after Justin Welby, who had been the Archbishop of Canterbury since 2013, stepped down following the publication of a report which found the Church covered up sexual abuse by John Smyth – a barrister who led Christian summer camps.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4 Today, Ms Conalty said she couldn’t guarantee there is not abuse still going on in the Church.

“We still have this institutional problem where we are not putting victims and survivors at the centre. In some ways, we are not a safe institution,” she said.

She added she believes Mr Welby has “done the right thing” – but his resignation is “not going to solve the problem”.

“It is frustrating for me because in many ways we have been working really hard at making churches safer places. No institution, nothing, can ever be totally safe but there has been loads of really good work going on,” she said.

“This is about institutional changes, our culture and a systemic failure, so there must be more that we need to do.

“Very possibly some other people should go. I’m not here to name names.”

It comes after an independent review found Smyth, who abused as many as 130 boys and young men at Christian summer camps, could have been brought to justice a decade ago if Mr Welby had reported him to the authorities in 2013.

Smyth died aged 75 in Cape Town in 2018 while still under investigation by Hampshire Police.

Mr Welby had been under pressure to quit following the Makin Review – with more than 1,500 members of the Church, including some of its General Synod committee, signing a petition calling on him to go.

His resignation was welcomed by Smyth’s victims, senior Church of England figures and a cabinet minister.

Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell, the second most senior figure in the Church, said Mr Welby was right to resign for “institutional failings”.

When asked if other bishops should resign, Mr Cottrell told the BBC: “Those who actively covered this up (should resign), which was not bishops.” – Sky News