Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby: Finding my faith amidst hangovers, beatings and abuse

Full Disclosure with James O'Brien

Global

Society & Culture

4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Growing up, Justin Welby thought his home life was normal. It wasn't until he was a teenager that he realised being brought up by an abusive, alcoholic father was anything but. He found faith and the love of God as a student at Cambridge, bringing with it a sense of peace and security. He graduated and then spent 11 years working in the oil industry.

From such unlikely beginnings, Justin Welby’s faith became his life. He was ordained a priest in 1993 and has been the Archbishop of Canterbury since 2013. He tells James about his struggles growing up with an alcoholic father and why he speaks out on political issues like the Rwanda Bill.

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0:00.0	The best day ever.
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0:08.5	With some serious spinning, thrilling and roller coaster in!
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0:36.5	Exclusions apply apply this episode contains
0:41.2	discussion of suicide listener discretion is advised this is a global player original podcast
0:50.3	hello and welcome to full disclosure, a podcast project conceived exclusively to let me spend much more time than I'd ever get on the radio with interesting people.
1:05.4	We don't need much introduction this week. The setting will tell us quite a lot about where we are and who we're with.
1:11.2	The most Reverend Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, thank you.
1:14.3	Thank you. Did you run out of interesting people then?
1:16.9	No, quite the opposite. Well, do you know, you've preempted my first question there,
1:20.8	because I've interviewed a lot of people over the years.
1:23.8	Yes, it's your job, really. It's like I preach a lot of sermons. It goes with the territory. And if I'd been asked to predict whose early years might be the most, I mean,
1:34.3	almost cinematic or sort of worthy of a novel, I probably wouldn't have said the Archbishop
1:39.3	of Canterbury's, but your, your backstory is extraordinary, isn't it? Is it?
1:44.3	Yes, it is.
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