The Deal or No Deal TV star – who is seeking £64 million in damages from HBOS owner Lloyds – called Justin Welby a “hypocrite”, claiming he tried numerous times to book an appointment with the head of the Church of England.
“Is there a bigger hypocrite than Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the CEO of ‘Lords Bank’?,” he said during a panel at the SME Alliance annual meeting in London.
“Ever since all this started, I’ve been trying to get an appointment with him, representatives of mine have been trying to get an appointment with Lambeth Palace, so I could explain some of the issues affecting not just Lloyds victims, but all victims of banking crime and my efforts have been rejected.”
Corrupt bankers from the HBOS Reading branch were jailed last year for a £245 million loans scam which destroyed several businesses, before they squandered the profits on high-end prostitutes and luxury holidays.
Mr Edmonds is planning to pursue Lloyds for millions in damages for losses allegedly suffered when his former business Unique Group was destroyed as a result, although he has yet to lodge legal papers.
He noted that the archbishop last week mounted an “ecclesiastical attack on zero hours contracts, describing them as an ancient evil” before it emerged that a number of church staff were employed on those terms.
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