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The Times also sought to confirm whether the archdiocese had received a July 2023 letter addressed to the archbishop in which a church member complained about Rios’ political activities.

Following the Makin review this month, the archbishop said he had considered resigning over its findings and repeated his apology.

It was not immediately clear when the archbishop would leave his post.

The archbishop said a recent trip to Jamaica had helped him to "confront the legacies of enslavement in the Caribbean".

The archbishop also referred to the death last year of his mother Jane, 93, saying she had described feeling like she was a “burden”.