'I deal with it every day' Archbishop expects more child sex abuse claims within Church, by Helen Barratt, Express (July 13, 2014)

'I deal with it every day' Archbishop expects more child sex abuse claims within Church

The Most Rev Justin Welby said he was braced for horror stories to materialise saying there were bad stories "in almost every institution in this land".

He has called for transparency in the Church from now on, admitting "for many, many years things were not dealt with as they should have been dealt with".

Asked about the potential for damning revelations to be made as part of the inquiry, Archbishop Welby told The Andrew Marr Show said: "I would love to say there weren't, but I expect there are. There are in almost every institution in this land.

"It's something I deal with every day and it is becoming clearer and clearer that for many, many years things were not dealt with as they should have been dealt with.

"And we must show justice to survivors of abuse. That is the first and absolute principle. And we must be absolutely transparent in every possible way and we have to keep saying how utterly devastated we are with the terrible things that were done in the past and how sorry we are."

It comes after the Home Office was yesterday again forced to defend the appointment of Baroness Butler-Sloss to run the inquiry amid claims she refused to go public about a bishop implicated in a scandal.

We have to keep saying how utterly devastated we are with the terrible things that were done in the past and how sorry we are

Archbishop of Canterbury

Lady Butler-Sloss told a victim of alleged abuse she did not want to include the allegations in a review of how the Church of England dealt with two paedophile priests because she "cared about the Church" and "the press would love a bishop", it has been claimed.

It puts fresh pressure on the former High Court judge, who has already faced calls to resign after claims her brother Sir Michael Havers tried to prevent ex-MP Geoffrey Dickens airing claims about a diplomat in Parliament in the 1980s.

In a statement, Lady Butler-Sloss insisted that she has "never" put the reputation of an institution ahead of justice for victims.