Church of England falls further out of public favour, poll suggests The Church of England has fallen further out of favour both nationally and among Anglicans in recent months, new polling has suggested.
Polling carried out earlier this week showed that, while more than half of Anglicans still hold a positive view of the Church of England (54%), this has fallen from 66% in November.
Just a quarter of adults in England, Scotland and Wales polled by YouGov in February said they have a favourable view of the Church, down from 32% in November.
The November survey was carried out the week before Justin Welby announced he was quitting over a damning report on failings to stop and hold to account serial abuser John Smyth.
The Church has been plagued by scandal, with revelations of safeguarding failures which led to the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, as well as calls for his temporary stand-in to quit.
