It is very clear that I must take personal and institutional responsibility for the long and retraumatising period between ...

The Most Rev Justin Welby “knew nothing” about the Church of England’s most prolific abuser and has been used as a scapegoat ...

John Smyth, a barrister who ran Christian summer camps in the 1970s and 1980s, committed physical, psychological and sexual ...

Here is a timeline of what Mr Welby knew of the abuse and when, according to the Makin Review. – 1970s: In 1975, 1976, 1977 ...

Mark Stibbe, who was abused by John Smyth QC in the 1980s, called for all senior clergy ‘that did nothing but knew what was ...

Justin Welby said he was stepping down “in sorrow.” He faced mounting calls to resign after an investigation found he failed ...

Justin Welby announced he would be resigning as the Archbishop of Canterbury over John Smyth’s vile abuse of young boys at ...

A Church of England minister has been asked to step back from her duties after a review found she was aware of child abuse by ...

William Taylor laments the awful consequence of the inaction, which he says “enabled this man to commit more crimes. Simple ...

The journalist who first broke the story of the abuse perpetrated by John Smyth back in 2017 has defended the Archbishop of ...

Church leaders said Justin Welby's position was "completely untenable" while a petition called for urgent change for the ...

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