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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 crisis that has brought down the Archbishop of Canterbury over his links to child abuser John Smyth has its roots in years of reporting by The Telegraph. In February 2017, a Channel 4 ...
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.
Struggles with 'PTSD and mental health problems' That anguish led Mr Morse to attempt to take his own life. "For my 21st birthday, John Symth suggested I needed a special beating.
John Smyth QC's abuse of more than 100 children and young men was covered up for years, a report concludes.
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 ...
John Smyth, a distinguished barrister and friend of the Archbishop of Canterbury has been described as the Church of England’s most prolific serial abuser in an official inquiry into his activities.
An abuse survivor has echoed calls for the Archbishop of Canterbury to resign as he demanded a “clean sweep” of senior clergy members. Mark Stibbe, who was abused by John Smyth QC in the 1980s ...
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby is under pressure to resign over a damning report into John Smyth - believed to be the most prolific serial abuser to be associated with the Church of England ...
In 1997, Smyth was arrested after the death of a 16-year-old boy at one camp. The case was dropped before trial and the barrister moved to South Africa. He died in Cape Town in 2018 aged 75.