Quaker questions Justin Welby

Alastair McIntosh has questioned the role of the archbishop of Canterbury in blessing a cross made out of used shell casings

by Ian Kirk-Smith 17th April 2015

The Quaker writer and broadcaster Alastair McIntosh has questioned the role of Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, in blessing a cross that was made out of used shell casings.

In a letter to the archbishop, Scottish Friend Alastair McIntosh challenged Justin Welby’s participation in blessing ‘a cross made out of used shell casings, used to kill our fellow humankind’. Justin Welby made the blessing at an event to commemorate the war in Afghanistan.