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The Latest Breaking News from John Smyth

Justin Welby 'quit' petition passes 11,000 signatures as pressure on Archbishop of Canterbury grows

Calls for the Archbishop of Canterbury to resign were growing on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Archbishop of Canterbury ‘has lost confidence of clergy after abuse review’

Justin Welby said he has given a lot of thought to resignation but that he will not step down.

The Independent UK

Bishop calls for Justin Welby to resign over failure to pursue serial abuser

Helen-Ann Hartley says archbishop’s position is untenable after members of Church of England’s ruling body launch petition

The Guardian - UK

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Report finds Church of England covered up 'horrific' abuse at summer camps decades ago

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

The Independent UK

Archbishop of Canterbury considered resigning over barrister abuse cases

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

Evening Standard

Archbishop of Canterbury apologises after Church of England cover up of abuse by barrister John Smyth

John Smyth died without any of his victims seeing justice

The Independent UK

C of E covered up attacks by serial abuser John Smyth, review finds

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

The Guardian - UK

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Abuser might have been brought to justice had Justin Welby reported it – review

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

The Independent UK

Church of England response to John Smyth serial abuse ‘amounted to a cover-up’

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

The Independent UK

DUP councillor facing conflicts of interest probe appointed chair of governance committee

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

Belfast Live

Boarding school apologises for ‘terrible’ historic abuse

Winchester College did not use ‘basic safeguards’ during the 1970s and 1980s in allowing John Smyth QC to infiltrate the school, a review has found.

The Independent UK

Winchester college society was cult-like, finds report into child abuse

Members of Christian Forum in 70s and 80s ‘showed signs of what would today be described as radicalisation’

The Guardian - UK

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