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“Why couldn’t she write her thesis on her own religion? She could have interviewed the archbishop of Canterbury. We could have stayed at Claridge's.”

"Much of the early images are based upon what we see in stained glass windows where he's portrayed as a very powerful archbishop," said author Martin Crampin.

Bishop Snow said he was "desperately sad" to hear that Bishop Hartley feels isolated after her calls for archbishops to resign.

The archbishop's office says that as this matter is subject to an ongoing disciplinary process, it would not be appropriate to comment.

At York Minster on Christmas morning, the archbishop appeared to address criticism of the church directly.