Complex sentence: Concerns over the potential for division led the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Dr Rowan Williams, to request Dr John to step down and on 6 July 2003, he withdrew his acceptance of the nomination to the bishopric.
Split into simpler sentences: Concerns over the potential for division led the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Dr Rowan Williams, to request Dr John to step down. On 6 July 2003, he withdrew his acceptance of the nomination to the bishopric.