The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has accused Donald Trump of an “act of idolatry” by posing with a bible in front of a Washington church, in one of the most outspoken attacks by a senior Anglican on the US president’s actions on Monday evening.
Rt Rev Williams, who was the Church of England’s most senior bishop for 10 years until 2012, made the comments in a daily letter being sent during the coronavirus lockdown to members of St Clement’s Church, Cambridge.
Mr Trump outraged many Christians — but delighted some Christian conservatives — by walking on Monday evening to St John’s Episcopal Church, near the White House, to pose with a bible amid demonstrations over police brutality.