"Carey refuses to promote Kick-Ass 2 ... after Sandy Hook shootings prompted rethink"

From The Daily Mail:

Former Archbishop of Canterbury-but-one, George Carey has put his ethics ahead of his career by refusing to promote the second Kick-Ass film, saying he cannot support that level of violence.

The current Chancellor of University of Gloucestershire and the London School of Theology made the decision to pull out of the film's media promotions in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting last December.

The 77-year-old did not play the role of Colonel Stars and Stripes in the R-rated film, a vicious ex-mafia member turned crime fighter who leads a team of other heroes.

The violent nature of the film seems to have left a mark on the soft-spoken Englishman, who is a advocate of ecumenical links with the Roman Catholic Church, and according to his personal tweets he will now no longer be promoting the film on principle.

The father-of-four wrote on Twitter: 'Kickass was filmed a month b4 Sandy Hook and now in all good conscience I cannot support that level of violence.'

He added a few minutes later: 'I meant to say my apologies to others involved with the film. I am not ashamed of it but recent events have caused a change in my heart.'

The movie will be released in the UK and the US on 16 August.