After a wave of scandals involving European and American church priests, which led to the resignation of many of them, the abuse of children and young girls by church priests brought down the head of the world’s largest Anglican church in Britain.

UK newspapers focused last week on the archbishop of Canterbury’s decision to resign amid mounting pressure over his handling of one of the church’s worst abuse scandals.

Priests and affiliated personnel in Western churches had committed "sexual assaults" against nearly a thousand victims over eight decades.

The Church of England banned church weddings for same-sex couples while allowing priests to bless homosexual marriages and partnerships.