Archbishop of Canterbury expresses regret over Church's slavery role and reaffirms £100m fund

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During visit to Ghana, Sarah Mullally expresses regret and says controversial fund symbolises Christian belief in repentance

At a former British castle where thousands of enslaved Africans were held before being shipped across the Atlantic, the archbishop of Canterbury expressed “lament” for the Church of England’s involvement in transatlantic chattel slavery and reaffirmed her commitment to a controversial £100m fund for affected communities.

Sarah Mullally made the comments during a visit to the Cape Coast castle, a 17th-century fortress built by Swedish traders, but occupied by the Danish and the Dutch, before the British seized it in 1664.

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