Justin Welby apologises
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Richard Kuper
JVL Introduction
Archbishop Welby’s refusal to meet Palestinian pastor Rev Dr Munther Isaac was shocking and disgraceful (see Archbishop’s snub to Bethlehem Pastor).
Now, after widespread criticism, Welby has issued a fulsome apology for his behaviour and will meet Rev Isaac next week.
RK
This article was originally published by the Guardian on Thu 29 Feb 2024. Read the original here.
Justin Welby expresses ‘deep regret’ at refusal to meet Palestinian pastor
Archbishop of Canterbury apologises to Rev Dr Munther Isaac and says he will meet him next week in U-turn
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Considering his intervention in the 2019 GE then I think he should meet the other JC
The one who does not have a racist bone in his body and who has been vindicated time and again over the last 5 years
My first question would be ‘do you support Jews Committing Genocide and do you take any credit for the Holocaust in Palestine
Astonishing to see Brendan Cox making public statement after he promised to exit the public sphere, and no suprise the Guardian publishes it without critical context. See quote.
Brendan Cox “in 2015, a year before his wife’s death, a number of women colleagues at Save the Children where he worked made complaints about his inappropriate behaviour and threatened to go public when nothing was done. In contrast to Assange’s treatment, and despite a social-media furore, for nearly three years there was largely a media blackout on the story. At last, in February 2018, a right-wing tabloid broke the embargo and reported the allegations, and other news organisations had to follow suit. Finally, ‘Cox apologised for the “hurt and offence” caused by his past behaviour’ and announced he was withdrawing from public life.”
https://arena.org.au/julian-assange-and-the-femocracy-by-gavin-lewis/
It’s worth adding that Justin Welby is probably the third Archbishop of Canterbury to apologise for the Church’s role in slavery.
We do have every reason to doubt his sincerity. You can’t apologise for one half western imperialism, ‘slavery’, while championing the other half, ‘colonialism’.
Getting that letter published in the Guardian these days is a considerable achievement. Well done and well said, Revs Fletcher, Collier & Budd!
In response to some highly adverse comments from some of his flock, the archbishop belatedly decided to consult the Almighty, and was informed that he had made a serious mistake. The archbishop has duly apologised. The Almighty is rumoured to have added with some wrath that s/he should have been properly consulted in the first place.
It appears that in correcting the ways of the archbishop the Almighty may have forgotten to point out that all humans had a right to Life and not just Christians – but on the other hand it may just be that the oleaginous prelate wasn’t really listening by that point, as he was late for a meeting with some important oligarchs.