Mark Stibbe, who was abused by John Smyth QC in the 1980s, told BBC Newsnight on Monday that Justin Welby’s position was “untenable” after an independent review published last week concluded ...

A petition by some members of the General Synod – the church’s parliament – has gathered more than 7,000 signatures urging Justin Welby to stand down over his “failures” to alert authorities about ...

A scathing review has been published into the Church of England’s handling of abuse by the late John Smyth QC (Alamy/PA) Aine Fox6 days ago A British barrister’s “abhorrent” abuse of more ...

Their anger is palpable. Publication of the Makin Report, a 251 page devastating indictment of how abuser John Smyth was able to savagely attack hundreds of boys over the course of 40 years ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has announced his resignation after facing mounting pressure to quit over his handling of the John Smyth abuse case. Calls for the Archbishop of ...

open image in gallery John Smyth is thought to have abused as many as 130 boys and young men in the UK and Africa (Channel 4) It said that while he knew Smyth and “did have reason to have some ...

Calls for Welby’s resignation have grown since Thursday, when the church released the results of an independent review into John Smyth, who sexually, psychologically and physically abused about 30 ...

Richard Gittins told Sky News that bishops ‘who kept the stories to themselves’ should now be held accountable.

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John Smyth was a barrister and an evangelical Christian, who held several leadership roles in the Iwerne Trust in the 1970s and 1980s. The Trust was a charity that organised summer camps for young ...

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 ...