The Latest Breaking News from John Smyth

The leader of the world's Anglican communion faced growing pressure on Monday to resign after a damning report which concluded the Church of England had covered up a serial abuse case.

The head of the Church of England, spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, is under pressure to resign after an investigation found he failed to inform police about serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps as soon as he became aware of it

An independent review has found the Church of England covered up “horrific’ abuse by a lawyer who volunteered at Christian summer camps in the 1970s and 1980s

An independent review has concluded John Smyth QC’s abuse was covered up the Church of England.

John Smyth died without any of his victims seeing justice

Report says it is ‘unlikely’ Justin Welby knew nothing of concerns about Smyth, who abused schoolboys at Christian holiday camps

Responses by the Church of England and others were ‘wholly ineffective and amounted to a cover-up’, a review found.

The abuse spanned five decades and three countries with as many as many as 130 boys and young men victimised, a review found.

TUV said there should be a "serious rethink" about the councillor's committee role given the ongoing investigations