What happens now the archbishop of Canterbury has resigned?

Justin Welby's departure sets in train a process involving the monarch, the PM and a 16-strong voting panel

Justin Welby to step down as archbishop of Canterbury

The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has announced he will step down after facing pressure to quit over his handling of an abuse scandal.

A damning report was published last week on the Church of England's cover-up of John Smyth's abuse in the UK in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and later in Zimbabwe and South Africa. About 130 boys are believed to have been victims.