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After Justin Welby’s resignation and the John Smyth abuse scandal, critics say a reckoning can no longer be avoided

The Bishop of Newcastle Helen-Ann Hartley has spoken out against the culture of silence in the Church of England

Rocky Leanders, then 15, was beaten with wooden paddle by Smyth at camp where boys were made to swim naked

Justin Welby resigned as archbishop of Canterbury following a damning report about a prolific child abuser in the Church of England. The report into decades of abuse of more than 100 boys perpetrated by the barrister John Smyth QC in the UK, South Africa and Zimbabwe detailed the Church of…

Campaigner warns of ‘many other abusers’ within Church of England after damning reporting into John Smyth

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Review suggested a number of people who might have failed to act on concerns

The only Church of England bishop to publicly demand the resignation of former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby says his departure wasn't enough to solve the church’s “profound failure" in safeguarding vulnerable people or ease the trauma suffered by victims of abuse

The archbishop’s resignation for failing to respond to abuse complaints speaks of deeper issues in the Church of England, says former editor of the Tablet Catherine Pepinster

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