Justin Welby, who is quitting as Archbishop of Canterbury over his handling of child abuse claims, will not appear on any BBC TV or radio programmes at Christmas.
He has been omitted from the BBC’s festive schedules, despite featuring regularly for the Corporation for more than a decade.
He will also still be in his post until Epiphany on January 6, the 12th day of Christmas.
A BBC source, who asked not to be named, said: ‘Justin Welby is not scheduled to appear in any BBC radio or TV programmes over Christmas.’
The absence of an Archbishop of Canterbury from the Christmas schedules is another blow for the Church of England which is still reeling from the fall-out of the sex abuse scandal.
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