John Smyth, 63, who was murdered in Wallsend (Image: Northumbria Police) Article continues below. Jurors at Newcastle Crown heard how Ness battered John, 63, to death with a piece of wood after he ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s failure to act meant that the Church of England’s most prolific child abuser was never brought to justice, a report has found. John Smyth’s “abhorrent abuse ...

JOHN F. SMYTH AND THE PARTY.; THE REPUBLICANS OF ALBANY MORE UNITED THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN YEARS. Share full article. Dec. 12, 1883. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

Justin Welby condemned for saying he would forgive serial abuser John Smyth if he was alive. Bishop of Newcastle condemns former archbishop of Canterbury, who also admitted ‘deep sense of ...

John Smyth, a barrister who ran Christian summer camps in the 1970s and 1980s, committed physical, psychological and sexual abuse against more than 100 boys and young men.

The Makin report found John Smyth was a prolific abuser of children and young men A Church of England minister has had his licence to practise removed after being named in a scathing review into ...

I was the first person to out serial abuser John Smyth – but I wish Justin Welby hadn’t resigned. So many people knew about John Smyth’s legacy of abuse and did nothing.

Smyth was chair of the Iwerne Trust, and a volunteer leader on the camps – a role that provided him with another opportunity to groom and abuse victims. Welby also briefly encountered Smyth in Paris ...

Culture of 'silence and fear' is stopping other Church of England leaders being called out over John Smyth abuse scandal. By NOOR QURASHI. Published: 05:00 EDT, 17 November 2024 | Updated: 18:53 ...

The barrister at centre of the CofE abuse cover-up: Evangelical Christian John Smyth 'sexually, psychologically and physically abused 130 boys over five decades' before death in 2018 - as Justin ...

A friend of murdered John Smyth has today told of his devastation at the way he died. And Gordon Lapsley said he was heartbroken that he never got the chance to be reunited with his comrade, who ...