John Smyth was a barrister and an evangelical ... Smyth is believed to be the most prolific serial abuser associated with the Church of England. He sexually, psychologically and physically abused ...

You didn’t spend long in evangelical circles of the Church of England during the late 1970s without bumping into an outwardly charming young man named John Smyth. A famous barrister, who’d ...

John Smyth abused children in the 1970s and 1980s ... more than 100 children and young men was covered up within the Church of England for years. The report also concludes that Smyth may have ...

The recent Makin review described the now deceased John Smyth as “sadistic” and the most prolific abuser associated with the Church of England. Mr Stibbe told TV presenter Victoria Derbyshire ...

A victim of the Church of England's most prolific child abuser has forgiven him for the horrific violence he suffered. John Smyth was an evangelical Christian barrister who was subsequently ...

A British barrister’s “abhorrent” abuse of more than 100 children and young men was covered up within the Church of England for years, a damning report has concluded. John Smyth QC is ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s failure to act meant that the Church of England’s most prolific child abuser was never brought to justice, a report has found. John Smyth’s “abhorrent abuse ...