The bishop of Newcastle, Helen-Ann Hartley, said she was “deeply disturbed” by Welby’s language and “disappointed” to see ...

A panel has been appointed by Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba to review the handling of abuse reports involving late former British lawyer, John Smyth. South African civil society leader ...

The big story, following publication of the Makin Report and the resignation of Justin Welby, is clear: a corrupt Church of England knowingly sheltered a terrible abuser, in the shape of John Smyth, ...

Welby resigned in the wake of the Makin Report into abuse perpetrated by John Smyth, a prominent right-wing barrister. Smyth ...

As a British lawyer, John Smyth was respected in Zimbabwe Smyth ... Church - I got hold of my pastor and we got hold of the Baptist Church, Methodist Church and two other churches in the city ...

History knows him as John the Baptist – a fisher of men, a voice in the wilderness, the baptizer of Jesus, and a pillar of the Christian faith. Though he met his end at the whim of a vengeful ...

The measures have been taken following the publication of the Makin Review which accused the Church of England of carrying out a "cover-up" of horrific abuse perpetrated by John Smyth, the late ...

Three former detectives have said the Church of England did refer reports of John Smyth's abuse to the police. The police officers who are now retired, told The Church Times that on the basis of ...